Mexico 2014 20 pesos KM-979

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by the Mexico City mint to honor the capture of the city of Zacatecas by the Villistas in June 1914, which led to the collapse of the Huertista regime one month later.

Recorded mintage: est. 1,000,000.

Specification: 15.95 g, bimetallic, aluminum-bronze outer ring with a copper-nickel center, 32 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 979.

Sources:

• Amaya Guerra, Carlos Abel, Epitome Ilustrado de la Moneda Mexican Moderna, 1905 a 2015, Monterrey, Mexico, 2015.
• Bailey, Don and Lois, Whitman Encyclopedia of Mexican Money, Volume 1, An Illustrated History of Mexican Coins and Currency, Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2014.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

Link to:

• 2013 20 pesos, army centennial
• 2013 20 pesos, Belisario Dominguez
• 2014 20 pesos, port of Veracruz
• 2014 media onza
• 2014 onza
• 2014 kilo silver
• Mexico 2014 onza oro
• 2015 20 pesos, Mexican Air Force
• Coins and currency dated 2014
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date