Libertad
The Libertad coins are silver and gold bullion coins originating from Mexico and minted by La Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint). The Mexican Mint was established in 1535 and is the oldest mint in the Americas. The modern coins contain 99.9% silver or gold (.999 fineness) and are available in various sizes.
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The Libertad coins are silver and gold bullion coins originating from Mexico and minted by La Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint). The Mexican Mint was established in 1535 and is the oldest mint in the Americas. The modern coins contain 99.9% silver or gold (.999 fineness) and are available in various sizes.
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Overview
Overview
Both metal coins have undergone a design change. In 1989, 3,500 ounce Libertad platinum coins were produced. Libertads are devoid of face value, yet are legal tender, still accepted as currency and guaranteed by Banco de México, based on the market value of its gold or silver content. In addition to the bullion version, a proof and reverse proof versions for both metals are manufactured specifically for collectors. Gold coins made before 2000 are only 90% pure gold. Proof coins contain a frosted angel with a polished background. A reverse proof is the opposite and has a polished angel with a frosted background. An antique finish silver Libertad coin was first released in 2018 with a limited mintage of 40,000.

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Key facts
Key facts
• Denomination — Silver Libertad • Country — Mexico • Mass G — 31.1 • Mass Troy Oz — 1.0 • Diameter Mm — 40 • Diameter Inch — 1.58 • Thickness Mm — 3.0 • Thickness Inch — 0.12 • Edge — Reeded • Composition — 99.9% Ag • Years Of Minting — 1982-present • Obverse Design — Coat of arms of Mexico with 10 past versions of this symbol surrounding it. • Reverse Design — Three-quarter side view of the Angel of Independence with the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl in the background
Key facts
Key facts
• Denomination — Gold Libertad • Country — Mexico • Mass G — 31.1 • Mass Troy Oz — 1.0 • Diameter Mm — 34.5 • Diameter Inch — 1.36 • Thickness Mm — 2.5 • Thickness Inch — 0.099 • Composition — 99.9% Au • Years Of Minting — 1981-present • Obverse Design — Coat of arms of Mexico • Reverse Design — Three-quarter side view of the Angel of Independence with the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl in the background
Design
Design
Obverse: The Coat of arms of Mexico is shown with a Mexican golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. This imagery relates to the founding of Tenochtitlan, present-day Mexico City. The coat of arms is rooted in the legend where the god Huitzilopochtli told the Aztec people where to build their city: where they saw an eagle eating a snake on top of a cactus. The bottom half of the coat of arms has oak and laurel leaves encircling the eagle. The top half has the words Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States) encircling the eagle. The gold obverse has not changed since its inception and the silver coin had the same obverse at its inception. In 2000, the silver obverse was changed to depict the current Mexican national coat of arms along with 10 past versions of this symbol surrounding it. The Spanish inscription ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS still surrounds the central coat of arms. The past version of the symbol at the top is found in the Codex Mendoza from 1524. Reverse: The design used was based on the 1921 gold Centenario, a coin issued to mark the centennial of Mexican independence. The winged Victoria of Angel of Independence is in front with the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl in the background. The weight (ONZA or ounce), date, and purity are also listed. The older Libertad coins show a front-facing view of the angel. The new Libertad series shows a three-quarter side profile of the angel. The gold used the older angel from 1981 through 1999. The silver used the older angel from 1982 through 1995.
Specifications
Specifications
Gold coins have not changed sizes since first minted. From 1982 through 1995, the one, and ounce silver coins had slightly smaller diameters and greater thicknesses than current minted coins. From 1981 through 1990, the gold coins contained 90% gold (.90 fineness). The gold coins, since 1991, and all silver coins have contained 99.9% silver or gold (.999 fineness). • Current specifications • Composition — Weight — Diameter (mm) — Thickness (mm) • troy oz — grams • Gold — 1 — 31.1 — 34.5 — 2.5 • 15.56 — 29 — 1.8 • 7.8 — 23 — 1.3 • 3.1 — 16 • 1.56 — 13 — 0.65 • Silver — 32.15 — 1,000 — 110 — 11.5 • 5 — 155.5 — 65 — 5.4 • 2 — 62.2 — 48 — 4.5 • 1 — 31.1 — 40 — 3 • 15.56 — 33 — 2.35 • 7.8 — 27 — 1.7 • 3.11 — 20 — 1.4 • 1.56 — 16 — 1
Gold
Gold
Mintage of gold uncirculated coins • Year — oz — oz — oz — oz — 1 oz • 1981 — 313,000 — 193,000 — 596,000 • 1991 — 10,000 — 10,000 — 10,000 — 10,000 — 109,193 • 1992 — 65,225 — 50,777 — 28,106 — 25,220 — 46,281 • 1993 — 10,000 — 10,000 — 2,500 — 2,500 — 73,881 • 1994 — 1,000 • 2000 — 5,300 — 3,500 — 1,500 — 2,730 • 2002 — 5,000 — 5,000 — 5,000 — 5,000 — 15,000 • 2003 — 800 — 300 — 300 — 300 — 500 • 2004 — 4,000 — 2,000 — 1,500 — 500 — 3,000 • 2005 — 3,200 — 500 — 500 • 2006 — 3,000 — 2,500 — 1,500 — 4,000 • 2007 — 1,200 — 1,200 — 500 — 2,500 • 2008 — 800 — 2,500 — 800 — 300 — 800 • 2009 — 2,000 — 9,000 — 3,000 — 3,000 — 6,200 • 2010 — 1,500 — 4,500 — 1,500 — 1,500 — 4,000 • 2011 — 2,500 — 6,500 — 3,000 • 2012 • 2013 — 650 — 2,150 — 750 — 500 — 2,350 • 2014 — 1,050 — 2,450 — 1,000 — 1,000 — 4,050 • 2015 — 1,300 — 4,100 — 1,300 — 1,100 — 4,800 • 2016 — 2,900 — 3,800 — 1,000 — 1,200 — 4,100 • 2017 — 1,000 — 300 — 500 — 700 — 900 • 2018 — 2,500 — 1,500 — 1,250 — 1,250 — 2,050 • 2019 — 1,500 — 1,250 — 1,500 — 1,500 — 2,000 • 2020 — 700 — 700 — 700 — 700 — 1,100 • 2021 — 1,000 — 850 — 500 — 500 — 1,050 • 2022 — 1,100 — 1,400 — 1,300 — 1,000 — 1,900 Mintage of gold proof coinage • Year — oz — oz — oz — oz — 1 oz • 1983 — 88 • 1989 — 704 • 2004 — 200 — 200 — 1,800 — 200 — 200 • 2005 — 400 — 400 — 3,920 — 720 — 570 • 2006 — 520 — 520 — 2,120 — 520 — 520 • 2007 — 500 — 500 — 1,500 — 500 — 500 • 2008 — 800 • 2009 — 600 — 600 — 1,700 — 600 — 600 • 2010 — 1,000 • 2011 — 1,100 — 1,100 — 2,000 — 1,100 — 1,100 • 2013 — 300 — 300 — 600 — 300 — 400 • 2014 — 250 — 250 — 250 — 250 — 250 • 2015 — 500 — 500 — 500 — 500 — 500 • 2016 — 2,100 — 2,100 — 2,100 — 2,100 — 2,100 • 2017 — 600 — 1,500 — 1,500 — 700 — 600 • 2018 — 1,000 — 1,000 — 1,000 (p) 1,000 (rp) — 1,000 (p) 1,000 (rp) • 2019 — 1,000 — 800 — 650 (p) 500 (rp) — 750 (p) 500 (rp) • 2020 — 250 — 250 — 250 — 250 (p) 250 (rp) — 250 (p) 250 (rp) • 2021 — 350 — 450 — 450 — 450 (p) 500 (rp) — 500 (p) 500 (rp) • 2022 — 1,200 — 1,100 — 1,400 — 1,000 (p) 500 (rp) — 1,300 (p) 500 (rp) • (p) Proof; (rp) Reverse proof
Silver
Silver
Mintage of silver uncirculated coins • Year — oz — oz — oz — oz — 1 oz — 2 oz — 5 oz — 1 kg • 1982 — 1,050,000 • 1983 — 1,002,200 • 1984 — 1,015,500 • 1985 — 2,017,000 • 1986 — 1,699,426 • 1987 — 500,000 • 1988 — 1,000,000 • 1989 — 1,396,500 • 1990 — 1,200,000 • 1991 — 50,017 — 50,017 — 50,017 — 50,618 — 1,650,518 • 1992 — 295,783 — 299,933 — 104,000 — 119,000 — 2,458,000 • 1993 — 100,000 — 100,000 — 90,500 — 90,500 — 1,000,000 • 1994 — 90,100 — 90,100 — 90,100 — 90,100 — 400,000 • 1995 — 50,000 — 50,000 — 50,000 — 50,000 — 500,000 • 1996 — 300,000 — 50,000 — 20,000 • 1997 — 20,000 — 20,000 — 20,000 — 20,000 — 100,000 — 15,000 — 10,000 • 1998 — 6,400 — 6,400 — 6,400 — 6,400 — 67,000 — 7,000 — 3,500 • 1999 — 8,001 — 8,000 — 7,000 — 7,000 — 95,000 — 5,000 — 2,800 • 2000 — 57,500 — 27,500 — 21,000 — 20,000 — 455,000 — 9,000 — 5,500 • 2001 — 25,000 — 25,000 — 25,000 — 385,000 — 6,700 — 4,000 • 2002 — 45,000 — 35,000 — 35,000 — 35,000 — 955,000 — 8,700 — 8,500 • 2003 — 50,000 — 20,000 — 22,000 — 28,000 — 200,000 — 9,500 — 5,000 • 2004 — 30,000 — 15,000 — 15,000 — 20,000 — 550,000 — 11,000 — 5,923 • 2005 — 15,000 — 9,277 — 10,000 — 600,000 — 3,549 — 2,401 • 2006 — 20,000 — 15,000 — 15,000 — 300,000 — 5,800 — 3,000 • 2007 — 3,500 — 3,500 — 3,500 — 3,500 — 200,000 — 8,000 • 2008 — 7,000 — 10,000 — 9,000 — 9,000 — 950,000 — 17,000 — 9,000 — 2,003 • 2009 — 10,000 — 10,000 — 10,000 — 1,650,000 — 46,000 — 21,000 — 4,000 • 2010 — 12,000 — 12,000 — 15,500 — 20,000 — 1,000,000 — 14,000 — 9,500 • 2011 — 15,000 — 15,000 — 15,000 — 30,000 — 1,200,000 — 10,000 — 6,000 • 2012 — 0 — 3,300 — 16,700 — 17,000 — 746,400 — 18,600 — 9,500 — 2,300 • 2013 — 13,500 — 18,900 — 9,600 — 24,500 — 774,100 — 17,400 — 10,400 • 2014 — 5,700 — 6,350 — 6,950 — 23,000 — 429,200 — 9,000 — 6,400 • 2015 — 18,400 — 19,900 — 17,900 — 16,000 — 901,500 — 20,100 — 9,500 — 2,000 • 2016 — 22,900 — 24,400 — 17,700 — 30,900 — 1,437,500 — 17,600 — 11,400 • 2017 — 8,550 — 8,850 — 8,100 — 9,050 — 636,000 — 8,900 — 5,050 — 200 • 2018 — 17,900 — 20,300 — 18,000 — 15,500 — 300,000 — 20,400 — 16,600 — 500 • 2019 — 7,350 — 7,200 — 5,450 — 8,500 — 402,000 — 18,300 — 18,000 — 200 • 2020 — 5,450 — 6,100 — 4,450 — 7,600 — 300,000 — 5,500 — 8,900 — 500 • 2021 — 3,600 — 3,900 — 3,250 — 4,500 — 450,000 — 6,500 — 6,050 • 2022 — 4,500 — 4,850 — 4,150 — 5,555 — 350,000 — 6,250 — 7,000 — 200 Mintage of silver proof coinage • Year — oz — oz — oz — oz — 1 oz — 2 oz — 5 oz — 1 kg • 1983 — 998 • 1986 — 30,006 • 1987 — 12,000 • 1988 — 10,000 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 — 5,000 — 5,000 — 5,000 — 5,000 • 1993 — 5,002 — 5,002 — 5,002 — 5,002 — 5,002 • 1994 • 1995 — 2,000 — 2,000 — 2,000 — 2,000 — 2,000 • 1996 — 1,000 — 1,000 — 1,000 — 1,000 — 1,200 — 1,200 • 1997 — 800 — 800 — 800 — 800 — 1,500 — 1,300 — 1,300 • 1998 — 300 — 300 — 300 — 2,500 — 500 — 400 — 400 • 1999 — 600 — 600 — 600 — 600 — 600 — 280 — 100 • 2000 — 900 — 1,000 — 700 — 700 — 1,600 — 500 — 500 • 2001 — 1,500 — 1,500 — 1,000 — 1,000 — 4,100 — 1,100 • 2002 — 2,800 — 2,800 — 2,800 — 2,800 — 3,800 — 1,000 — 1,000 — 1,820 • 2003 — 4,400 — 4,900 — 3,900 — 3,400 — 5,400 — 800 — 1,700 — 1,514 • 2004 — 2,700 — 2,500 — 2,500 — 2,500 — 3,000 — 1,000 — 600 — 1,501 • 2005 — 2,600 — 3,000 — 2,400 — 2,800 — 3,300 — 600 — 1,100 — 500 • 2006 — 3,300 — 2,900 — 2,900 — 4,000 — 1,100 — 1,000 — 874 • 2007 — 4,000 — 4,000 — 3,000 — 1,500 — 5,800 — 500 — 500 — 700 • 2008 — 3,300 — 5,000 — 2,900 — 2,500 — 11,000 — 1,000 — 900 — 1,700 • 2009 — 5,000 — 3,000 — 3,000 — 10,000 — 6,200 — 5,000 • 2010 — 10,000 — 10,000 — 5,000 — 5,000 — 1,300 — 2,000 — 1,500 • 2011 — 1,000 — 1,000 • 2012 — 4,200 — 500 • 2013 — 4,200 — 4,100 — 3,200 — 3,000 — 9,100 — 1,300 — 1,600 — 400 • 2014 — 1,850 — 1,950 — 1,700 — 1,750 — 4,700 — 750 — 800 — 500 • 2015 — 5,500 — 5,300 — 2,400 — 2,500 — 6,400 (p) 1,500 (rp) — 1,300 — 1,600 • 2016 — 12,550 — 12,650 — 9,550 — 13,150 — 13,250 (p) 1,500 (rp) — 3,950 — 2,750 — 800 • 2017 — 9,050 — 7,850 — 4,850 — 12,750 — 8,650 (p) 1,050 (rp) — 3,050 (p) 2,000 (rp) — 2,350 (p) 2,000 (rp) — 500 (pl) 1,000 (ehrpl) • 2018 — 7,900 — 6,500 — 5,000 — 7,000 — 10,000 (p) 1,500 (rp) 40,000 (af) — 5,000 (p) 2,100 (rp) 2,000 (af) — 5,000 (p) 2,100 (rp) 2,000 (af) — 1,000 • 2019 — 3,000 — 3,600 — 2,850 — 2,000 — 5,500 (p) 1,000 (rp) 1,000 (af) — 2,750 (p) 1,000 (rp) 1,000 (af) — 2,500 (p) 1,000 (rp) 1,000 (af) — 500 • 2020 — 2,800 — 3,450 — 2,700 — 5,850 (p) 1,000 (rp) — 2,800 (p) 1,000 (rp) — 2,950 (p) 1,000 (rp) — 250 • 2021 — 2,250 — 3,200 — 1,500 — 1,700 — 3,340 (p) 1,000 (rp) — 1,250 (p) 1,000 (rp) — 1,250 (p) 1,000 (rp) • 2022 — 2,750 — 2,650 — 1,400 — 1,250 — 3,400 (p) 1,000 (rp) — 1,700 (p) 1,000 (rp) — 1,700 (p) 1,000 (rp) — 200 • (p) Proof; (rp) Reverse proof; (af) Antique finish
Gallery
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• Illustration — Obverse of the 1982-1999 design showing the coat of arms of Mexico • Illustration — Reverse of the 1982-1995 design showing frontal view of the Angel of Independence with the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl
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Libertad is situated in Mexico.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1050685113, Libertad.
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