This piece belongs to Mexico's long-running Libertad-adjacent commemorative program, but the Hidalgo y Morelos 20 Pesos issue occupies a specific niche: Miguel Hidalgo and José María Morelos were not merely symbolic pairing choices. Morelos served as a military commander directly under Hidalgo before the latter's capture and execution in 1811, after which Morelos assumed effective leadership of the independence movement. Their pairing on a single coin acknowledges a chain of command, not just a pantheon.
The Casa de Moneda de México, the oldest operating mint in North America — founded in 1535 — struck this in the two-troy-ounce .999 fine silver format it has refined over decades of bullion commemorative production.
This piece belongs to Mexico's long-running Libertad-adjacent commemorative program, but the Hidalgo y Morelos 20 Pesos issue occupies a specific niche: Miguel Hidalgo and José María Morelos were not merely symbolic pairing choices. Morelos served as a military commander directly under Hidalgo before the latter's capture and execution in 1811, after which Morelos assumed effective leadership of the independence movement. Their pairing on a single coin acknowledges a chain of command, not just a pantheon.
The Casa de Moneda de México, the oldest operating mint in North America — founded in 1535 — struck this in the two-troy-ounce .999 fine silver format it has refined over decades of bullion commemorative production.