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Banco de México put into circulation a 20-peso coin that commemorates the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the Mennonites to Mexico.
Mennonites are members of certain Christian groups belonging to the church communities of Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings, Simons articulated and formalized the teachings of earlier Swiss founders, with the early teachings of the Mennonites founded on the belief in both the mission and ministry of Jesus, which the original Anabaptist followers held with great conviction, despite persecution by various Roman Catholic and Protestant states.
According to the 2012 estimates, there were 100,000 Mennonites living in Mexico (including 32,167 baptized adult church members), the vast majority of them, or about 90,000 are established in the state of Chihuahua, 6,500 were living in Durango, with the rest living in small colonies in the states of Campeche, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí and Quintana Roo.
Their settlements were first established in the 1920s. In 1922, 3,000 Mennonites from the Canadian province of Manitoba established in Chihuahua. By 1927, Mennonites reached 10,000 and they were established in Chihuahua, Durango and Guanajuato.
Issue date: August 8, 2022.
Obverse
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Depicts the seal of the United Mexican States. ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS |
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Reverse
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Depicts a Mennonite family, with a train on the left and a plowed field on the right. At the top there is a latent image composed of the number "20" and, to the left, the micro text "PIONEER COMMUNITY". In the exergue, the denomination "$20", with the years "1922" and "2022"; in the upper outline, the legend "100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MENNONITES’ ARRIVAL IN MEXICO" and, to the right, the mint mark of Mexico’s Mint "M°". CIEN AÑOS DE LA LLEGADA DE LOS MENONITAS A MÉXICO |
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Characteristics
Type | Commemorative Issue (Circulating) |
Material | Bi-Metallic |
Ring | Aluminium Bronze |
Center | Copper Nickel Zinc |
Weight | 12.67 g |
Diameter | 30 mm |
Thickness | 2.4 mm |
Shape | polygon |
Sides | 12 |
Alignment | Coin |
Mint |
Mexican Mint (Mo)
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