unknown foreign coin - FLEA MARKET FIND

[BIG61AL]

WHAT IS THIS? DATED 1870. SAME SIZE AS A KENNDY HALF. COPPER
OBVERSE-"DIEZ GRAMMOS" WITH FIGURE SITTING ON A PETISTILE [?] HOLDING A TREE BRANCH IN RIGHT HAND, DATE AT BOTTOM
REVERSE - FIGURE OF A LION LOOKING LEFT WITH FRONT PAWS ON SHEILD, SHEILD HAS A SMALL LION IN UPPER RIGHT AND CHAINS ON LOWER RIGHT, "OM" MINT MARK UNDER LION, "CIEN PIEZAS EN KILOG" AT TOP, "DIEZ CENTIMOS" ON BOTTOM. I SUSPECT IT IS AN MEXICAN COIN BUT THAT IS JUST MY GUESS. FORGIVE THE OVER DISCRIPTION BECAUSE THE PHOTOS MAY BE A BIT BLURRY AND HARD TO SEE, THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY INFO.
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[BIG61AL]

REVERSE

 

[Jeffro]

Mexican is Centavos, at least back to 1900. My world coin book is twentieth century only. Spain did have centimos, though.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

This may help.

Spanish.

Lion head turned left.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1870-DIEZ-GRA...ryZ39481QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

have a good un...........

 

[Angelo]

Nice Shermanville!

Here's a couple of pics also from e-bay

 

[BIG61AL]

Thanks! At least I know where it came from and that it's collectable and it's worth more than the quarter I paid for it.