Mexico 2022 20 pesos Diplomacy

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by the Mexico City mint to honor the bicentennial of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the USA. Like many recent issues, it remains unlisted in the SCWC. The oblong patch on the obverse contains microengraving, an anticounterfeiting device. Numista states that this is an issue of 2023. It may have been released in 2023 but the coin is dated 2022.

Recorded Mintage: 4,995,130.

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

Catalog reference: KM unlisted.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 2021 20 pesos, 500th anniversary of the refounding of Tenochtitlan as Mexico City
• 2021 20 pesos, bicentennial of independence
• 2021 20 pesos, bicentennial of the Mexican navy
• 2022 20 pesos, centennial of the Mennonites in Mexico
• 2022 onza
• Coins and currency dated 2022
• return to Mexican coinage of the reform, 1994 to date