Coin pendant — Mexican 5-peso coin (Vicente Guerrero, 1978) in rope-twist mount

Jewelry

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Coin pendant — Mexican 5-peso coin (Vicente Guerrero, 1978) in rope-twist mount

Entry/Object ID

2025.11.58

Description

A Mexican copper-nickel 5-peso coin mounted as a pendant. One face bears the right-facing uniformed bust of Vicente Guerrero, with "CINCO PESOS" arced above, the date "1978" to the left, and the Mexico City mintmark "Mo" to the right of the bust. The reverse face bears the national arms of Mexico — an eagle on a prickly-pear cactus with a serpent in its beak — encircled by "ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS." The coin is captured in a twisted-wire (rope) bezel with a soldered suspension loop at top, converting it to a pendant.

Item Type

Pendant

Acquisition

Accession

2025.11

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Date made

1978

Time Period

1970s

Place

City

Mexico City

Country

Mexico

Region

Central America

Notes

Maker: Coin — Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint), Mexico City ("Mo"). Pendant mounting — unidentified; hand-set bezel. Date: Coin dated 1978 (type issued 1971–1978). Mounting undated (presumably contemporaneous or later). Place of Origin: Coin — Mexico (Mexico City Mint). Pendant conversion — undetermined; the repurposing as jewelry is consistent with the collection's Cuban context (tentative).

Mark, Engraving or Stamp

Notes

Guerrero side — "CINCO PESOS," "1978," mintmark "Mo." Arms side — "ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS." (Edge legend "INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD," standard for the type, is concealed by the bezel.)

Materials

Material

Metal

Material Notes

Materials: Coin — copper-nickel (75% Cu / 25% Ni). Mount — base-metal wire, gilt/silver-toned, with copper substrate exposed and verdigris. Technique: Coin — milled (machine-struck). Mount — hand-fabricated twisted-wire bezel with soldered loop; coin set/crimped into the frame.

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Mexico City

Country

Mexico

Region

Central America

Notes

production

Research Notes

Notes

A standard Mexican circulation coin (KM# 472, Vicente Guerrero, 1971–1978, copper-nickel, 14 g, 33 mm) repurposed as personal adornment. Guerrero was an independence general and Mexico's second president (abolished slavery, 1829); the coin's edge legend reads "Independence and Liberty."

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

March 31, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 14, 2026