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Silver Bullion Coin |
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Mexican commemorative coin Xochipilli |
Mexican Silver Bullion coin 5 Nuevos Pesos nominal value (1 Onza) - 1 Troy Ounce silver coin, Pre-Columbian Coin Program - Aztec collection Xochipilli - The God of Flowers.
This figure represents the God of the flowers, whose body is covered with tattoos in the form of flowers and to whom the gardens where dedicated by performing complex rites. The Aztecs fought wars known as "Guerras Floridas", which was a covenant between two or more neighboring rival communities, with the sole and only purpose of obtaining victims to sacrifice and offer them to the God Xochipilli, to symbolize the renovation of society and nature. Precious metal content is 1 troy oz. of pure (999 fine) silver.