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  • 20 Pesos 1985-1990, KM# 508, Mexico
  • 20 Pesos 1985-1990, KM# 508, Mexico
  • 20 Pesos 1985-1990, KM# 508, Mexico, Short (left) and long (right) serif on 1
Obverse

Depicts the seal of the United Mexican States.

The Seal of the United Mexican States is a modified version of the national coat of arms, with the addition of the full official name of the country Estados Unidos Mexicanos, in a semi-circular accommodation in the upper part of the seal. Current and past Mexican peso coinage have had the seal engraved on the obverse of all denominations.

The coat of arms depicts a Mexican golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. To the people of Tenochtitlan this would have strong religious connotations, but to the Europeans, it would come to symbolize the triumph of good over evil (with the snake sometimes representative of the serpent in the Garden of Eden).

ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS

Reverse

Value, portrait of Guadalupe Victoria. 5 points above (Braille 20).

Guadalupe Victoria (1786–1843), born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, was a Mexican general and political leader who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence. He was a deputy in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies for Durango and a member of the Supreme Executive Power following the downfall of the First Mexican Empire. After the adoption of the Constitution of 1824, Victoria was elected as the first President of the United Mexican States.

$20
1989
Mo
G VICTORIA

Edge

20 Pesos

KM# 508
Characteristics
Material Brass
Weight 5.85 g
Diameter 21 mm
Thickness 2.48 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Mexican Mint (Mo)

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