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20 Pesos Foundation of Mexico-Tenochtitlan
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 20 Pesos |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS (Translation: United Mexican States) |
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| Edge | Segmented reeding |
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This piece was released to mark the 700th anniversary of the founding of Tenochtitlan in 1321 by the Mexica people, who according to tradition established their settlement on a small island in Lake Texcoco after witnessing the omen prophesied by Huitzilopochtli — an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a serpent. The city grew into one of the largest urban centers in the pre-Columbian world, with a population that likely exceeded 200,000 by the time Cortés arrived in 1519.
The 20-peso bimetallic series has been Mexico's primary vehicle for commemorative circulation coinage since the mid-1990s, with KM#996 joining a long sequence of nationally significant subjects in that format.