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200 Pesos San Benedicto island
| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Diameter | 43 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a heraldic coat of arms featuring two rampant lions as supporters flanking a shield charged with a stylized fish above wavy lines, surmounted by a feathered crest. A ribbon below the shield bears the legend ONE PEOPLE ONE NATION ONE DESTINY in the field. The octagonal flan features decorative wave and marine motifs engraved across the border segments. The inscription SAN BENEDICTO appears prominently in the lower portion of the field in large raised lettering. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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San Benedicto is one of the four Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican archipelago roughly 700 km off the Pacific coast of Colima. The island was volcanically dormant until 1952, when an eruption destroyed the entire colony of Townsend's shearwaters nesting there — one of the few documented cases of a volcanic event driving a seabird population off an island entirely. The archipelago was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, largely on the strength of its marine biodiversity, including the resident oceanic manta rays that have made San Benedicto a fixture on technical diving itineraries.