BID Medal. CII. SHCP. Annual Meeting (1994)

This medal commemorates an annual meeting that linked the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), and Mexico's Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público. The IDB, founded in 1959, is the leading multilateral financial body in Latin America, and the IIC is its arm dedicated to the private sector.

That Mexico, through the Treasury, hosted or took part in these assemblies reflected its active role in regional financial cooperation.

Struck in silver in 1994, the piece belongs to the medals tied to international organizations, the kind distributed among delegates and authorities as an institutional memento of the meeting.

What it shows

We have to be honest here: the image uploaded to this listing does not match the title. Instead of a 1994 commemorative medal, the photographs show an old bronze piece. One face carries a winged cherub seated on clouds, writing on a scroll, surrounded by the engraved legend "A LA APLICACION PREMIO DE HONOR." The other face presents the text "LA AUTORIDAD POLÍTICA DE MÉXICO" framed by a laurel wreath. It is, clearly, a 19th-century school or civic merit award.

Context

The registered title, "Medalla BID. CII. SHCP. Reunion Anual (1994)," points to a different commemorative medal, tied to an annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank and the Ministry of Finance. Until the correct images are assigned, we do not assert any data on motif or minting here that we cannot see or verify.

Value and collecting

Neither of these pieces is legal-tender currency: they are collectible objects. In medallic art, condition, the metal, and the sharpness of the engraving rule over everything else. If you are looking to buy, sell, or authenticate a Mexican medal, start with the shops directory and take your questions to the forum, where other collectors help identify pieces by their legends and style.