`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 PESOS
1979
Mo (Translation: Maya culture)
Edge
Plain
Mint
(M°) Mexican Mint (Casa de Moneda de México), Mexico, Mexico (1535-date)