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Among the most visually distinctive offerings in precious metals, silver bullion bars and rounds featuring the Aztec Sun Stone design are widely recognized by both investors and collectors with an interest in history. The layered concentric rings and detailed imagery of the Sun Stone adapt well to silver, resulting in pieces that balance visual appeal with intrinsic value. These silver bullion products highlight one of the most recognizable symbols of Mesoamerican culture while giving collectors a physical link to an ancient civilization. Now, 1 oz SilverTowne Aztec Calendar Silver Bars are available online at Bullion Metals.

Bars arrive in plastic flips or acrylic tubes of 20!Honors the historic Aztec Calendar Stone design!Made in America!Produced by SilverTowne Mint!Contains 1 troy oz of .999 pure silver.The obverse features the full Aztec Calendar Stone.On the reverse, a portion of the stone design is featured.

Bars arrive in plastic flips or acrylic tubes of 20!

Honors the historic Aztec Calendar Stone design!

Contains 1 troy oz of .999 pure silver.

The obverse features the full Aztec Calendar Stone.

On the reverse, a portion of the stone design is featured.

In the obverse design of the SilverTowne Aztec Calendar Silver Bar, a detailed rendering of the Sun Stone is showcased. The design is filled with cosmological and religious symbolism that played a central role in Aztec belief systems. At the center is the face of the sun god Tonatiuh, surrounded by four rectangular panels representing the four previous “suns,” or eras of the world, each believed to have ended in destruction. Expanding outward are rings that feature the 20 day-signs of the Aztec ritual calendar, along with solar rays, symbols of jade and turquoise representing value, and two fire serpents, known as Xiuhcoatl, enclosing the entire design. On the reverse of the bar, you can see a portion of the Sun Stone design.

When Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés toppled the Aztec Empire and seized the capital city of Tenochtitlán in 1521, the Sun Stone vanished from public view. In their effort to suppress indigenous religious practices and replace them with Christianity, Spanish colonial authorities buried or concealed many sacred Aztec artifacts, and the Sun Stone was no exception. It was interred beneath what would become the central plaza of Mexico City, the Zócalo, where it remained hidden and largely forgotten for over two and a half centuries.