It`s not a con, it`s a new coin

The next time you make a purchase, don`t be fooled if you get a strange looking ítem given in change; it`s not a con, it`s a new coin.

The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) today issued a new $20-peso coin, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the founding of Veracruz. The coin is 12-sided, and smaller and lighter than the (seldom seen) earlier coin of that denomination. It has a grey/white centre; otherwise copper/bronze in color.

If and when the familiar $20-peso billete will disappear from circulation, Banxico didn`t say.

https://www.banxico.org.mx/billetes-y-monedas/moneda-20-pesos-c-reciente-00001.html

https://www.banxico.org.mx/billetes-y-monedas/moneda-20-pesos-c-reciente-00001.html

Saw this last year when it was anounced. Pretty cool looking, if ya ask me.

Agreed. Very much a "New Look!"

A little surprized that any event so directly associated with la conquista is being commemorated.

Design resembles our CDN twoonie. $2 coin. Haven't measured but likely the same size. Throw a few of those in a jar and they add up pretty quick! That's how we save our spending $$ for Zihua trips.

Agreed. Very much a "New Look!"

A little surprized that any event so directly associated with la conquista is being commemorated.

I believe most Mexicans accept that the merging of cultures produced something better. That something good came out of the entire process, because let's not forget the two cultures intermarried and fought side by side in numerous wars. Hey, at least they stopped having public human sacrifices. The Spaniards have mostly been forgiven, and after what they suffered under Franco karma has more or less evened the score.

https://www.banxico.org.mx/billetes-y-monedas/moneda-20-pesos-c-reciente-00001.html

Saw this last year when it was anounced. Pretty cool looking, if ya ask me.

If 2019 was the 500th anniversary, yudda thunk they'd have put it into circulation in 2019......

Maybe Obrador will "right" the dismal financial course he has charted and a 20 peso coin will retain some value.

https://www.banxico.org.mx/billetes-y-monedas/moneda-20-pesos-c-reciente-00001.html

Saw this last year when it was anounced. Pretty cool looking, if ya ask me.

Can't wait to start digging those beauties out of the sand!

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Maybe Obrador will "right" the dismal financial course he has charted and a 20 peso coin will retain some value.

Dismal because...?