Mexico 2021 20 pesos KM-1000

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
Mexico 2021 20 pesos rev DSLR.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
Mexico 2021Mar 20 pesos rev DSLR.jpg

This specimen was issued by the Mexico City mint to honor the bicentennial of the Mexican navy. Like many recent issues, it remains unlisted in the SCWC. The oblong patch on the obverse contains microengraving, an anticounterfeiting device. The navy was honored on a similar twenty pesos of 2016. The twenty pesos was reduced from 15.95 g, 32 mm diameter to 12.67 g, 30 mm diameter, in 2019.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.

Specification: 12.67 g, nickel brass center in an aluminum bronze ring, 30 mm diameter, interrupted reeded edge

Catalog reference: KM 1000.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.

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