Stephen B. writes:Â I have a few examples of the Mexican silver “scales” coin. On the scales side of the coin the scale bar changes its angle on one of the coins of the same minted year. Were there more than one version this 1979 coin?
Yes Stephen there are two varieties of the 1979 and it is the result of the Mexico Mint’s design tweaking of the original 1949 design. This is how you can tell the two varieties:
-On the reverse the left scale pan points to U in UNA.
-On the reverse the left scale pints between U and N of UNA
They are both worth the same, the price of silver.
