2014 LIBERTAD 1 KILO MEXICO SILVER PROOF ONLY. MINTAGE 500 withBox and Paperwork

  

Up for your consideration is a 2014 1 Kilogram silver Mexican Libertad coin in the box. Coin is in great shape.

I've had it for years, but never removed it from it's hard plastic case. The latch for the box needs to be reinstalled. In 2014, La Casa de Moneda de México.

Only produced 500 1 Kilo Coins. They did not make any Kilo coins in BU condition. This one is numbered 486.

Please see pictures and message me with any questions. The reverse of the coin shows at its centre the statue of Nike (the Greek goddess of Victory, in Spanish: Victoria) from the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City - commonly known simply as The Angel. She is represented as a young bare-breasted winged woman holding a laurel wreath in her outstretched right hand, and a broken chain (a symbol of freedom) in her left hand. Visible below the figure is the pedestal which tops the monument. The volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl can be seen in the background. Around above, interrupted by the wings of the angel, the inscription. 1 kg PLATA PURA 2014 LEY. (one kilogram of pure silver with purity 99.9%, issued in 2014).

Mint mark of the Mexican Mint (large letter M above which a small o) is in the upper right field. The obverse of the coin shows at its centre the Coat of Arms of Mexico, which depicts a Mexican (golden) eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus, facing left, devouring a rattlesnake. The cactus is on a pedestal immersed in the Aztec symbol for water. Below, a wreath of oak and laurel leaves tied at its centre with a ribbon representing the flag of Mexico. The design is rooted in the legend that the Aztec people would know where to build their city once they saw an eagle eating a snake on top of a lake.

To the people of Tenochtitlan (the pre-European capital), this symbol had strong religious connotations, and to the Europeans it came to symbolise the triumph of good over evil (with the snake sometimes representative of the serpent in the Garden of Eden). Meaning United Mexican States in Spanish - which is the full official name of Mexico.

Within a plain border, surrounding the Coat of Arms and the inscription is a wide rim in which there are ten more depictions of the Coat of Arms of Mexico, illustrating the different styles it had throughout its history (the oldest depicted on top is the prototype of the symbol as seen in the 1541 Codex Mendoza, then in chronological order clockwise).