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20 Pesos Fall of Mexico - Tenochtitlan
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The nickel-brass centre presents a stylised, mirror-image composite scene juxtaposing the facade of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral against the principal pyramid of the Templo Mayor, symbolising the superimposition of colonial architecture upon the pre-Columbian Aztec sacred precinct of Tenochtitlan. The aluminium-bronze ring bears multiple inscriptions: the mint mark Mo and denomination $20 flanking the founding date 1521 at upper left, the commemorative legend 500 AÑOS DE MEMORIA HISTÓRICA across the centre, and the denomination $20 with the year 2021 and the dual place name MÉXICO-TENOCHTITLAN completing the circuit. |
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| Reverse lettering | Mo $20 1521 500 AÑOS DE MEMORIA HISTÓRICA $20 2021 MÉXICO-TENOCHTITLAN (Translation: 500 Years of National Memory Mexico-Tenochtitlan) |
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Issued as part of Mexico's extended commemorative program marking the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlan to Hernán Cortés in August 1521, this coin acknowledges one of the most consequential military defeats in the Western Hemisphere — the event that effectively ended the Aztec Empire and initiated three centuries of Spanish colonial rule. The Mexican government's framing of the quincentenary was notably complicated: official commemorations wrestled publicly with how to characterize the conquest, with President López Obrador having demanded a formal apology from Spain and the Vatican in 2019, a request that went unanswered.