By morning light, the beach has the wonderful bluish brightness of Mexican silver; the sun glancing off sand and sea can hurt your eyes.

Mexican silver has a millesimal fineness of 950.

From 1930 to 1945, Mexican silver had a millesimal fineness of 980.

The narrow toes were sheathed in bright Mexican silver.

In 1879, the circulation of Mexican silver was approved in government and official entities, eventually allowing public distribution in 1881.

Foreign coins, such as Mexican silver, were commonly used.

Mexican silver from the colonial era to the present can be found in many museum collections around the world.

The Mexican silver, she said, was so unusual, that she thought New Yorkers would buy it up.

Then they rounded up the mules and divided up $75,000 in Mexican silver.

Mexican silver is generally sold by weight, regardless of design, but the price varies.