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20 Pesos (Mexican Army)
Country: Mexico (Estados Unidos)
Denomination: 20 Pesos
20 MXN = 1.01 USD
Year: 2013
Material: Bi-Metallic Copper-nickel center in Brass ring
Weight: 15.945 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 32.0 mm
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Catalog list: mexico estados unidos
Description:
Obverse
In the center, the National Shield (Mexican Golden Eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a snake) in sculpted relief, with the inscription “ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS” (UNITED MEXICAN STATES) forming a semicircle above it.
Reverse
The inner part of the coin features the silhouette of a soldier with a helmet, flanked by the years 1913 and 2013, with the legends “100 años del Ejército Mexicano” (100 years of Mexico’s Armed Forces) in an upper semicircle, and “100 años de lealtad” (100 years of loyalty) in a lower semicircle. In the outer ring’s upper margin there is the denomination VEINTE PESOS (TWENTY PESOS) (in letters) and in the lower margin or exergue, the denomination $20 (in numbers). On the left side of the coin there is the mint year 2013 and on its right side, Mexico’s mintmark (M°). The coin’s outer ring bears elliptical friezes.
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