I like the design on this Mexican coin for two reasons

WillieBoyd2 · December 3, 2015 12:45AM

Mexico 50 Pesos 1944

I like the design on this coin for two reasons:

I climbed the volcano on the right of the obverse (Mt. Popocatépetl).

A coin like this one was shown in the 1950 Rex Allen film "Under Mexicali Stars".

asheland · December 3, 2015 1:07AM

I like those, too. Quite a hunk of gold there!

TwoKopeiki · December 3, 2015 1:49AM

One of my favorite designs from Mexico, as well. One of these days I'll add the 1921 Dos Pesos to my collection.

element159 · December 3, 2015 8:08AM

I climbed the volcano on the right of the obverse (Mt. Popocatépetl).

Very nice! That is the hard one now, since it became active.

I have climbed Popo as well, in 1993 just before it started getting active.

I also have been to the top of Ixtaccihuatl, and on that one I carried a small gold and silver libertad to the summit for good luck.

I had to turn back on Orizaba, so I did not get the national high point, but I was quite happy to get this iconic pair of mountains on my list.