Design features

Design features

Type C1
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Dodecagon (12-sided)
Weight 12.67 grams
Edge

Interrupted milled

Obverse

In the center field, the national shield with the inscription "ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS" (UNITED MEXICAN STATES) along the top of the coin.

Reverse

In the center of the coin, a Mennonite family, with a train on the left and a plowed field on the right. At the top of the coin there is a latent image composed of the number "20" and, to the left, the micro text “COMUNIDAD PIONERA” (PIONEER COMMUNITY). In the exergue, the denomination "$20", with the years "1922" and "2022"; in the upper outline, the legend "CIEN AÑOS DE LA LLEGADA DE LOS MENONITAS A MÉXICO" (100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MENNONITES’ ARRIVAL IN MEXICO) and, to the right, the mint of Mexico’s Mint "M°".

Composition

1. Center of the coin: copper-nickel-zinc alloy.

  • Content: 65% (sixty five percent) copper; 10% (ten percent) nickel; and 25% (twenty-five percent) zinc.
  • Weight: 5.51 grams.

2. Peripheral ring of the coin: bronze-aluminum alloy.

  • Content: 92% (ninety two percent) copper; 6% (six percent) aluminum; and 2% (two percent) nickel.
  • Weight: 7.16 grams.
In circulation as of August 8, 2022.

Background information