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.