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20 Pesos Pattern, Uniface Jugador De Pelota, Silver
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Uniface obverse presenting a plain, unfinished field entirely devoid of design elements or inscriptions, consistent with the uniface pattern format. The flat silver surface bears no effigy, legend, or decorative motif, and retains the broad raised rim characteristic of a proof striking. The absence of any design on this face confirms the experimental, single-sided nature of this pattern piece. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Struck as an essay piece during Mexico's late-1970s push to develop culturally themed coinage, this uniface pattern was never adopted for circulation. The ball player motif drew on the ancient Mesoamerican ballgame — a ritual sport documented across hundreds of pre-Columbian sites — which the Casa de Moneda explored alongside other indigenous subjects during this period as candidates for the 1980 circulation series. Most patterns from this program exist in very small quantities, produced solely for internal evaluation by mint officials.