Obverse: a graph of the Mexican national symbol - an eagle fighting with the snake around a semicircular engraved inscription "ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS", as well as around ten carved eagles fighting snakes have been Mexican national emblems of different periods.
Reverse: a depiction of a winged angel of freedom "1 ONZA PLATA PURA LEY .999".
About the coin: angel statue is standing in Mexico, which is made of gold and weighs as much as 8 tone. For the first time in Mexico's Angel of Liberty coin was minted in 1982 and 1996. It has been updated on the reverse design which evolved freedom winged angel rendering.