*This is not meant to be offensive*
Edit* I also have another coin that I believe is mexican that has a gold color center and a steel ring around it. I can't find it right now though.
I have 3 coins and a few ? for each.
1. 100 coin
Question one - who's the guy on the front. Underneath him is V. Carranza his name probably his name.
Question two - is their brail on the top of the coin.
Question three - there is small letters on the left saying oM is this a mint.
2. 20 coin
Question one - guy on coin name o.victora or g. Victoria.who is he.
? 2- same as coin 1.
? 3 - same as coin 1.
3. 10 centavos
Question one - so if this works like usa currency if I have 100 centavos = 1 peso. So my 100 peso coin is 100$.
Question two - their is no brail also still has oM.
Here are the dates of the coins if it matters. 100/1985. 20/1985. 10/2007.
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Re: ? for spanish users
Don't worry, your topic isn't offensive in any way :D In fact, it's very interesting and educative, even for a mexican like me, as i didn't even know some of the things i'm going to say here until now (the things you learn at 4AM. lol)
First of all, this is a discontinued coin. You won't be seeing this coin used in Mexico nowadays...or anywhere for that matter. It pretty much has no value anymore and you can't use it as currency.
And as of the questions...
1.- Yes, that guy is Venustiano Carranza. President of Mexico from 1917 to 1920, and an important character during the Mexican Revolution overall.
2.- Yep, those little dots are braille. They read "100"...Supposedly to help blind people identify the coin's value, but actually, anyone would easily identify the coin with their hands through the overall texture and size rather than through those little dots.
3.- By "oM", you mean this, right?
It's the symbol of the "Casa de Moneda de México"...or as Wikipedia seems to say, the "Mexican Mint". So yeah, it is a mint as you stated.
Again, this is a discontinued coin. Not used anymore, holds no currency value.
1.-He's Guadalupe Victoria. The first President of Mexico...so yep, he was kind of a really important person.
2.-Yup, Braille too. It says "20" (and in number, not by letter...so it'd read "20" in the hands of a mexican or a korean equally)
3.-The very same mint as above. I'm still not sure what a mint is, to be honest, but i guess it marks the place where it was made or something. All Mexican coins up to this day have the same mint though.
Then be happy since this isn't a discontinued coin; still in use and holding the stated value...Though it's merely 10 cents of a peso and it's only enough for half a bubblegum or something XD
Aaaand no...while it "works" like USA currency (100 cents = 1 "main" coin), the coins have different exchange rates between countries; 1 peso does not equal 1 dollar. As of right now, the currency exchange is 1 Dollar = 11.80 Pesos. Or 1 Peso = 0.08 Dollars. So your 100 peso coin would actually be 8.40 dollars...if it was still usable. But it isn't so it's probably worth it much less than that D: Depends on who you'd give it to and how...A collector might give much more than its original value while a bank might not even give you a thanks. lol
They're all currently usable coins, with the values of, indeed, 1 peso, 2 pesos and 5 pesos respectively. The center isn't gold though...more like copper or something. It's shiny though. lol
And i actually have several of those coins besides me...they pay me food o3o lol
And you know...all the coins you mentioned are mexican XDD You could've identified them all as mexican by one simple fact...they all have an eagle on the back side of the coin; the Coat of Arms of México. lol
You mean this one, right?Kite wrote:1. 100 coin
Question one - who's the guy on the front. Underneath him is V. Carranza his name probably his name.
Question two - is their brail on the top of the coin.
Question three - there is small letters on the left saying oM is this a mint.
First of all, this is a discontinued coin. You won't be seeing this coin used in Mexico nowadays...or anywhere for that matter. It pretty much has no value anymore and you can't use it as currency.
And as of the questions...
1.- Yes, that guy is Venustiano Carranza. President of Mexico from 1917 to 1920, and an important character during the Mexican Revolution overall.
2.- Yep, those little dots are braille. They read "100"...Supposedly to help blind people identify the coin's value, but actually, anyone would easily identify the coin with their hands through the overall texture and size rather than through those little dots.
3.- By "oM", you mean this, right?
It's the symbol of the "Casa de Moneda de México"...or as Wikipedia seems to say, the "Mexican Mint". So yeah, it is a mint as you stated.
This?Kite wrote:Question one - guy on coin name o.victora or g. Victoria.who is he.
? 2- same as coin 1.
? 3 - same as coin 1.
Again, this is a discontinued coin. Not used anymore, holds no currency value.
1.-He's Guadalupe Victoria. The first President of Mexico...so yep, he was kind of a really important person.
2.-Yup, Braille too. It says "20" (and in number, not by letter...so it'd read "20" in the hands of a mexican or a korean equally)
3.-The very same mint as above. I'm still not sure what a mint is, to be honest, but i guess it marks the place where it was made or something. All Mexican coins up to this day have the same mint though.
If you mean this one, and i believe so because of the date you posted saying 2007 (and it hasn't changed much since 1990 or so)...Kite wrote:3. 10 centavos
Question one - so if this works like usa currency if I have 100 centavos = 1 peso. So my 100 peso coin is 100$.
Question two - their is no brail also still has oM.
Then be happy since this isn't a discontinued coin; still in use and holding the stated value...Though it's merely 10 cents of a peso and it's only enough for half a bubblegum or something XD
Aaaand no...while it "works" like USA currency (100 cents = 1 "main" coin), the coins have different exchange rates between countries; 1 peso does not equal 1 dollar. As of right now, the currency exchange is 1 Dollar = 11.80 Pesos. Or 1 Peso = 0.08 Dollars. So your 100 peso coin would actually be 8.40 dollars...if it was still usable. But it isn't so it's probably worth it much less than that D: Depends on who you'd give it to and how...A collector might give much more than its original value while a bank might not even give you a thanks. lol
By that description, it could be any of these.Kite wrote:Edit* I also have another coin that I believe is mexican that has a gold color center and a steel ring around it. I can't find it right now though.
They're all currently usable coins, with the values of, indeed, 1 peso, 2 pesos and 5 pesos respectively. The center isn't gold though...more like copper or something. It's shiny though. lol
And i actually have several of those coins besides me...they pay me food o3o lol
And you know...all the coins you mentioned are mexican XDD You could've identified them all as mexican by one simple fact...they all have an eagle on the back side of the coin; the Coat of Arms of México. lol
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Re: ? for spanish users
I'm afraid I don't know much about Mexican currency, but I'm confident in TheSorrow's answers. But regarding mints I can confirm what TheSorrow said. Yes, a mint is where currency is made.
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