`Estados Unidos Mexicanos` in a semicircle over the Mexican coat of arms (a Mexican golden eagle standing on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake and a holm oak (Encino) branch on one side and a laurel branch on the other at the base of the cactus)
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
ESTADOS
UNIDOS MEXICANOS (Translation: United Mexican States)
Reverse description
Jugador de pelota (a Maya ball player inside a circle). Denomination to the left, year and mintmark at the bottom.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
CULTURA MAYA
$20
1981
Mo (Translation: Maya Culture 20 Pesos 1981 Mo)
Edge
Smooth with Inscription
Mint
Mo Mexican Mint (Casa de Moneda de México), Mexico, Mexico (1535-date)
Mintage
1980 Mo - - 84 900 000 1981 Mo - - 250 573 000 1982 Mo - Proof - 1 051 1982 Mo - Small or large edge lettering. See comments - 236 892 000 1983 Mo - Proof - 3 1984 Mo - - 55 000 000