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20 Pesos
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1870-1905 |
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| Value | 20 Pesos (20 MXP) |
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| Reverse description | Central device features a balance scale symbolizing justice, above which radiates a Phrygian liberty cap emitting rays of light. Below the scales rests a scroll inscribed LEY (Law), diagonally crossed by a sword. The mintmark, assayer's initial, denomination, and gold fineness are arranged along the lower periphery. The legend LIBERTAD arcs across the upper field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Additional information |
Mexico's 20 Peso gold pieces of this period were struck at multiple branch mints simultaneously — Alamos, Chihuahua, Culiacán, Durango, Guanajuato, Hermosillo, Mexico City, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, and Zacatecas among them — each applying its own assayer initials, making mint identification essential to any serious assessment of this type. Output and quality varied considerably between facilities, and certain assayer combinations from smaller mints are genuinely scarce.
The series spans the restored Republic through the early Porfiriato, a period when foreign creditors and trade partners demanded hard currency assurance. Branch mint coins occasionally show roller marks or adjustment striations from the weighing process — a known characteristic, not a strike defect.