Mexico currencies re-structuring

Now that Mexico has two referees (Montana and yours truly) we agreed it was time to rearrange the currency division.

Even when "Real (1535-1897)" is correct in monetary terms, it contains a variety of very distinctive historical periods; so now the Real will be split in the following:

• Colonial: Everything under the crown of Spain.
  
• Independence: Coins minted and/or counter-stamped by pro and against the crown armies.
  
• Empire of Iturbide: A small-yet- important section.
  
• Republic: Here will go the Real coins minted by Mexico's authority. There is a 1st and 2nd Republic, but several coins overlap both, so to prevent duplicates we decided to merge both under simply Republic.
  

Aside from the Real splitting there will be three for the Peso, now as:

• Peso Empire of Maximiliano: Another small-yet- very important part of monetary history in our country.
  
• Republic Peso
  
• EUM Peso
  

Last two are different due to the 1905 reform that -among many important changes- gave birth to the "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" in coinage, when the Republic Peso was using "Republica Mexicana" in the emblem.

So during these days please have patience as we both move every pre-1905 coin to its proper historically-accurate section.

We knew Mexico needed 2 referees because of stuff like this.

Once all the movements are done the request will be sent to Xavier so that the currencies are again ordered according to their initial year as they were before. Because right now they are alphabetically and look messy, but nothing that can be done until Xavier orders them using code.

Done, all the coins are now in their proper currency.

There are some important details left to be done, but that depends on Xavier's availability:

-Change the "Peso (1863-1992)" to "USM/EUM - Peso (1905-1992)" USM stands for "United States of Mexico", so it is still the matter of choosing to put it in English or in Spanish as "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" or using the English translation; and also if it would be better to put the entire name or just use the 3 initials.

-And after that the only thing left to do would be to arrange the currencies by timeline rather than the current alphabetical order.

You mentioned empirio maximiliano coinage. I always wondered, are the tiny maximillian gold coins worth anything?

No - they are not real coins.

Citeer: eitan190You mentioned empirio maximiliano coinage. I always wondered, are the tiny maximillian gold coins worth anything?

They are fantasy medals. So some might be gold but most of the time they are plated. They are often sold to be used in weddings as the groon would give 13 coins to the bride in sign of his money being hers now (or of both but lets be honest; she will get the money).

The tradition was 13 gold coins. But of course only a few families could afford even 13 tiny ones. So then silver was the choice and now everything goes; even when using 13 x 1/10 silver ounce coins would only cost less than $60 there os people who prefer the fake gold shine of those tiny Maxi coins.

Xavier has organized the currencies. So with that the coins are back their proper historical order. Feel free to look at the coin list or at your collections to see that now the historical division are clear and ordered.

Thank you erdvilla for all your work on the Mexico catalogue. It looks really good and we all appreciate your hard work.

Citeer: EerovisserThank you erdvilla for all your work on the Mexico catalogue. It looks really good and we all appreciate your hard work.

It was a pleasure updating it. Several coins are missing their pictures, but they are pretty hard to find, so if anyone eventually comes across one it would be appreciated if they picture it to upload it (be a coin papparazzi, it is what I do in museums    ).

Currently doing the same for Guatemala, I think I am past half of all coins, so it is looking good.

My sciatica is killing me; so I will be slow these days on the catlog improvements as I can't sit straight for too long. But I will process any requests from my phone. I hope to get better soon to keep up the updating.