The world loves a good love story, almost as much as precious metal investors and collectors covet gold coins. Since 1983, the two have been available as one with imagery on the Proof Mexican Gold Libertad coins telling a subtle love story from ancient Aztec culture. The 2017 ¼ oz Proof Mexican Gold Libertad coin is available to you right now courtesy of JM Bullion.

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives inside of an original mint plastic capsule.
• 13^th issue of ¼ oz Proof Gold Libertad coins!
• Limited mintage of only 1,500 coins!
• Contains ¼ Troy oz of .999 pure gold.
• Obverse includes the statue of Winged Victory from the Independence Column.
• Reverse depicts the coat of arms for Mexico.

All Silver and Gold Libertad coins from the Mexican Mint have the same obverse and reverse design fields. While the obverse field is dominated by the image of Winged Victory holding up her signs of Mexican freedom from Spanish oppression, a tragic tale of love from the ancient Aztecs is found in the background.

Located just outside of Mexico City, the twin volcanic peaks depicted on the coin’s obverse background are named Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl. The former was a brave Aztec warrior sent off to battle by the father of the later. Iztaccihuatl was so distraught when she learned of Popocatepetl’s death, that she herself died. However, the rumors were not true and he returned to find her dead from heartbreak.

All 2017 ¼ oz Proof Mexican Gold Libertad Coins have historically significant images representative of Mexico’s culture on the obverse and reverse. These images were first used on Mexican coinage with the introduction of the gold Centenario, available from 1921 to 1947 in original production.

The obverse of all 2017 ¼ oz Proof Mexican Gold Libertad Coins features a depiction of Winged Victory, known as the Angel of Independence to those who fought for the cause of Mexican freedom in the early 19^th century. Her figure was erected in Mexico City atop the Independence Victory column in 1921 to mark 100 years of freedom.

On the reverse of the Proof Mexican Gold Libertad coins is the coat of arms for Mexico. There is a slight difference between fractional-weight designs and the 1 oz gold design. Coins such as the ¼ oz only have so much surface area, so the modern version of the coat of arms is all you’ll find on this side.

All Proof Mexican Gold Libertad coins are available to you inside of their original mint capsules. Each is a brilliant proof striking with visual contrasts between the design sets and background coming from the rough, matte finish of the designs and mirrored backgrounds.

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