Did you know that if you put together the exterior rings of Mexican coins you can assemble the Aztec Calendar ?
Through Twitter , the HSBC bank published the “discovery,” which immediately went viral in social media.
According to the British bank , each coin is part of a “ jigsaw puzzle ” made out of Aztec symbols.
The 1 peso coin features the “ring on enlightenment” representing the Tonalamatl calendar, which priests used to measure the community’s agricultural activities.
The 2 pesos coin features 10 pictograms , representing half of the days in the Aztec month . This part is known as “ Tonalpohuali .”
The five pesos coin represents the edge of the calendar. It shows two “ fire serpents ” or xiuhcóatl facing each other. Their bodies represent the 52 annual cycles that make up one Mexica century.
Finally, the 10 pesos coin is engraved with the face of Tonatiuh , the Aztec Sun God . The four squares that surround it represent previous suns.
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