1869-1873 Weight 27.073 grams; 0.903 fine silver. Reverse design: liberty cap and balance scale. 1870-1905 Weight 1.692 grams; 0.875 fine gold. 1898-1909 Weight 27.073 grams; 0.903 fine silver. Reverse design: liberty cap. 1910-1914 Weight 27.07 grams; 0.903 fine silver. Reverse design: Caballito. 1918-1919 Weight 18.13 grams; 0.8 fine silver. Reverse design: Liberty cap, rays, wreath. 1920-1945 Weight 16.66 grams; 0.72 fine silver. 1947-1948 Weight 14 grams; 0.5 fine silver. Reverse depicts Jose Morelos y Pavon. 1950 Weight 13.33 grams; 0.3 fine silver. Reverse depicts Jose Morelos y Pavon. 1957 Weight 16 grams; 0.1 fine silver. Reverse marks 100th anniversary of the constitution. 1957-1967 Reverse depicts Jose Morelos y Pavon. 1970-1983 Coins struck in copper-nickel. Reverse depicts Jose Morelos y Pavon. 1984-1987 Coins struck in stainless steel. Reverse depicts Jose Morelos y Pavon. 1992-1995 Coins struck in stainless steel ring, aluminum-bronze center. Currency reform: 1 new peso = 1000 old pesos. 1996-2003 Change from "np" to just "p" (peso). Continue to United Mexican States Two Peso Coins. Return to United Mexican States Coins: Type Collecting main page. References: - 1994 Standard Catalog of World Coins, by Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler, 1993. - 2006 Standard Catalog of World Coins, by Colin R. Bruce II, 2005.

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