Coins of Mexico 25 Pesos Silver Coin 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Commemorative issue: 19th Summer Olympics in Mexico City 1968
Obverse: Coat of arms. With legend at top. Value at left, fineness and mint mar at right..
Lettering: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS 25 PESOS LEY 0.720 Mo
Translation: United States of Mexico 25 Pesos 0.720 Mexico City Mint
Reverse: Pelota player with court on background. With legend all around and Olympic rings at bottom.
Lettering: JUEGOS DE LA XIX OLIMPIADA MEXICO 1968
Translation: 19th Olympic games Mexico 1968
Edge: Smooth with lettering.
Lettering: INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD
Translation: Independence and Freedom
Artist: Ricardo Luna Y Vasco
Metal Silver (.720)
Weight 22.5 g
Diameter 38 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico, in October 1968.
These were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Latin America and the first to be staged in a Spanish-speaking country. They were also the third Games to be held in autumn, after the 1956 Games in Melbourne and the 1964 Games in Tokyo. The Mexican Student Movement of 1968 happened concurrently and the Olympic Games were correlated to the government's repression.