MEXICO
KM 486 |
SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
20 pesos | 32.0 | 15.10 | Smooth |
Copper-Nickel |
Coin |
Obverse | Reverse | ||
Coat of arms in relief, and the legend "The United Mexican States" in Spanish, which forms the upper semicircle. |
On the central part of the coin - image
from Maya Mythology.
On the left - denomination, the year of minting; below - the
symbol of Mexico's Minting House.
The Maya civilization is a historical Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas. |