When I get the urge to stack some silver, I usually content myself with US dimes, quarters and halves. A recent post by my friend @drutter suggested "scooping up a little cheap physical silver, if you have the means, while things are still relatively quiet."

When I took that suggestion to heart today and dropped by the coin store, there were only two quarters and four halves and no dimes in the case. However, this coin caught my eye. It's a one ounce Mexican Libertad.

Minted by the Casa De Moneda, the oldest mint still in operation in the Americas, these coins were introduced in 1982. The design has changed since then, but the 1982 - 1984 coins I saw today had the Winged Victory statue in front of two Mexican volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl, and gives the stats: 1 ounce of pure silver 0.999.

The opposite side bears the National Shield of Mexico, and the legend "Estados Unidos Mexicanos", which translates to the United Mexican States.

Not captured too well here, the edge reads: "Independencia Y Libertad", Independence and Liberty.

I paid a couple dollars over spot, and feel happy adding these coins to my collection. I'm going to keep my eye out for more in the future.

This is my first post to SilverpornSaturday, a tag hosted by @silverd510, and to the #steemsilvergold community, but I hope to be back with more.

---

_{Please click on the images to view them full screen!
Original photographs by @kunschj. Coin owned by @kunschj. All rights reserved}

---

Thanks @sinlg for my name in granite alphabet!

---

---