3. History: Aztec sun stone
● The Aztec sun stone (Spanish:
Piedra del Sol) is a late post-
classic Mexica sculpture
housed in the National
Anthropology Museum in
Mexico City, and is perhaps the
most famous work of Mexica
sculpture.
3.6 metres (12 ft) in diameter and 98 centimetres (39 in)
thick, and weighs 24,590 kg (54,210 lb)
4. ● Material: Basalt
● Created: Sometime
between 1502 and 1520
● Discovered: 17 December
1790 at El Zócalo, Mexico City
● Present location: National
Anthropology Museum
(Mexico City)
● Period: Post-
Classical
● Culture: Mexica
3.6 metres (12 ft) in diameter and 98 centimetres (39 in)
thick, and weighs 24,590 kg (54,210 lb)
History: Aztec sun stone
5. Modern use
● The sun stone image is displayed on the obverse the
Mexican 20 Peso gold coin, which has a gold content
of 15 grams.
● Minted from 1917 to 1921 and restruck with the date
1959 from the mid-1940s to the late 1970s.
● Aztec calendar on Amate - Amate is a type of bark
paper that has been manufactured in Mexico since
the precontact times. It was used primarily to create
codices.
6. Mexican 20 Peso Gold Coin
● The sun stone image is displayed
on the obverse the Mexican 20 Peso
gold coin.
8. ● The Buffalo nickel was designed
by James Earle Fraser and was
immediately received with high
acclaim.
● The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel
is a copper-nickel five-cent piece.
● 1 oz Buffalo Silver Round design is based on
the original Buffalo nickel, minted from 1913-
1938.
9. Top producer of Buffalo Silver Round in USA
Highland Mint Buffalo Silver Round
Produced by Highland Mint, and displays the "HM" mint mark on the
obverse and reverse.
Asahi Refinery Buffalo Silver Round
Proof
Asahi Refining mint mark.
10. 3) Unity & Liberty Silver Round
1 oz Unity Silver Round features a remarkably fine patriotic design.
12. 1. Don't Tread on Me is a political slogan dating to the
American Revolution.
1. The Gadsden flag is a historical American flag with a
yellow field depicting a timber rattlesnake coiled and ready
to strike. Beneath the rattlesnake are the words: "DONT
TREAD ON ME".
1. The flag is named for Christopher Gadsden, South
Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress and
brigadier general in the Continental Army. Gadsden
designed the flag in 1775 during the American Revolution.
13. Gadsden flag
● The Gadsden flag is a historical American flag with a
yellow field depicting a timber rattlesnake coiled and
ready to strike. Beneath the rattlesnake are the
words: "DONT TREAD ON ME". Some modern
versions of the flag include an apostrophe.
● The flag is named for Christopher Gadsden, South
Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress and
brigadier general in the Continental Army.
● Gadsden designed the flag in 1775 during the
American Revolution.
14. ● Don't Tread On Me Silver
Round produced by Golden
State Mint.
● Gadsden flag - Gadsden designed the flag
in 1775 during the American Revolution.