dinero

dinero
Originally uploaded by mufflevski.

Mexican money is so much more interesting than US change.

Here's some facts: "The name peso means weight, and this is a reference to the principal characteristic of the coin. The silver mines of Mexico supply ample sources of pure silver and, more importantly, the peso was the first coin to have a border that made it easy to detect if the coin had been tampered with. It was a common practice to cut or wear down the edges of gold and silver coins, thus obtaining raw precious metal. Since the peso was a coin of pure silver.." it had an exact weight. (wikipedia)