AN IMAGE, REIMAGINED AT EVERY SCALE
Eight denominations. Eight named relationships. Follow the design vocabulary that connects an extraordinary monument with small, familiar objects.
Explore the eight motifs ↓
This is a guide to the issuer’s named design relationships. The photograph supplies context; the numbered list below is not a map of precise regions on the stone.
READING THE RELATIONSHIPS
5 Centavos · B, C
rayos solares del Anillo de los Quincunces
The issuer identifies stylized solar rays of the quincunx ring. The small reverse selects a motif rather than reproducing the whole monument.
The family names describe the design lineage; they do not assert identical dies or unchanged materials.
Sources: Banco de México ↗
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10 Centavos · B, C, D
Anillo del Sacrificio
The Ring of Sacrifice continues in the larger B/C form and the smaller D generation. Scale and layout can change while the named motif continues.
The family names describe the design lineage; they do not assert identical dies or unchanged materials.
Sources: Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗
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20 Centavos · B, C, D
Acatl, decimotercer día
Acatl is the thirteenth day sign. It must not be confused with the separate 13-Reed year cartouche on the monument.
The family names describe the design lineage; they do not assert identical dies or unchanged materials.
Sources: Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗
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50 Centavos · B, C, D
Anillo de la Aceptación
The issuer’s “Ring of Acceptance” name continues across bronze B/C and steel D coins. The physical generations remain distinct.
The family names describe the design lineage; they do not assert identical dies or unchanged materials.
Sources: Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗
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1 Peso · B, C
anillo del Resplandor
The one-peso reverse draws on the Ring of Splendor. A central face or a complete Sun Stone is not the one-peso motif.
The family names describe the design lineage; they do not assert identical dies or unchanged materials.
Sources: Banco de México ↗ · INAH ↗
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2 Pesos · B, C
Anillo de los Días
The Spanish issuer record identifies the Ring of Days. This controls over the conflicting “Splendor” wording in the English issuer description.
The family names describe the design lineage; they do not assert identical dies or unchanged materials.
Sources: Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗
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5 Pesos · B, C
Anillo de las Serpientes
The ordinary five-peso reverse draws on the Ring of Serpents. The Independence and Revolution commemoratives use different subject designs.
The family names describe the design lineage; they do not assert identical dies or unchanged materials.
Sources: Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗
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10 Pesos · B, C
círculo de la Piedra del Sol que representa a Tonatiuh con la máscara de fuego
Banco de México identifies the central motif as Tonatiuh with a fire mask. This is the issuer’s attribution, not a resolution of all art-historical debate.
The family names describe the design lineage; they do not assert identical dies or unchanged materials.
Sources: Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗
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Motif names follow Banco de México. Coin examples retain their denomination-page provenance and photographed dates.
Sources: Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · INAH ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗ · Banco de México ↗
Piedra del Sol · Gary Todd · 2012 · CC0 1.0
Coin photographs: Numismatica Quetzalcoatl / Gabriel Herrera (CC BY 4.0); montana2011 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Original records and credits appear on the linked denomination pages.
