Coins of Mexico - 50 Centavos Silver Coin Emperor Maximilian I 1866-Mo Mexico City mint.
Obverse: Bare head of bearded Maximilian I of Mexico, right Small banner below.
Legend: MAXIMILIANO EMPERADOR
Obverse Design and legend the same precisely as 1866-M° Maximilian Peso (Small Letters), but smaller.
Reverse. The Mexican eagle in an imperially crowned elliptical shield, a ribbon festooned on each side at the top ; on the border of the shield, to the left, EQUIDAD EN and to the right, LA JUSTICIA; a five-pointed star at the bottom. Legend: at the top, IMPERIO MEXICANO; in the lower left margin, 50 CENT, and opposite, to the right 1866 Ṁ. A border of small pellets on each side, as on the dollars. Struck only at the Mexico mint in 1866. I have never seen a specimen of any other date or mint. They are extremely rare. Edge the same as 1866-M° Maximilian Twenty Pesos.
Coins of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico