Embossed postcard of the flag and coins of Mexico, with fixed exchange rates for major currencies including the German Mark, Austro-Hungarian Krone, British Shilling, Latin Monetary Union Franc, Dutch Guilder, Russia Ruble, Scandinavian Monetary Union Krone/Krona, and United States Dollar. Includes images for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25 and 50 Centavo coins, and 1, 5, and 10 Peso coins.

Mexiko.

1 Peso = 100 Centavos.

Doppelwärung. Der Handelswert des Silbergeldes hängt von den Schwankungen des Silberpreises ab. Goldmünzen älterer Prägungen kommen als Handelsmünzen im Verkehr vor.



Dual currency. The commercial value of silver coins depends on fluctuations in the price of silver. Older gold coin imprints are found in circulation as trade coins.

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During the 1910 to 1920 Mexican Revolution, the country had a number of encounters, some military, with the United States.

In early 1914, Mexican President Victoriano Huerta was under pressure from the forces of Emilio Zapata and Venustiano Carranza. As the anti-Huerta forces closed in, and to protect US oil interests and citizens, the United States occupied the port of Vera Cruz. Huerta resigned that July.

Pancho Villa, a former revolutionary Mexican general, was defeated by government forces in 1915, losing most of his army. In part blaming the United States, he seized a train in Mexico on January 11, 1916, killing 19 US citizens, and raided Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, killing 11. The US sent a force headed by General John Pershing into Mexico to capture Villa. Mexican government forces resisted but US troops remained in the country until February 1917.

Mexico was neutral during the war. There was significant anti-American sentiment in the country.

Germany prepared to resume unconditional submarine warfare on February 1, 1917, but was concerned this would bring the United States into the war. Hoping to limit a US response, Germany proposed to join Mexico in a war against the US, providing financial aid and supporting Mexico's right to 'the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona'.

Alfred Zimmerman, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the German Empire, laid out this scheme in a January 19, 1917 telegram to Heinrich von Eckhardt, Germany's Ambassador to Mexico. The encrypted telegram, delivered over American cables, was intercepted and decrypted by British Intelligence.

After ensuring the telegram was not a British fabrication, President Woodrow Wilson released the telegram on February 28. Zimmerman admitted it was authentic. Although not an immediate cause of America's declaration of war, it moved the country towards one.

Mexico is a country.