note: extra-large coin

Mexico 20 Pesos {1980-1984} 5S 1Lbs81

FEATURING
front: Jugador de pelota: A maya ball player inside a circle.
Lettering: CULTURA MAYA 
Translation: Maya Culture

This stone disk, found in Chinkultic, Chiapas, depicts a player of a ball game – likely the Mesoamerican ball game. As early as 1500 BC, the Chiapas region was home to the Mokaya people, thought to be ancestors to the Olmec, who left behind direct evidence of such ball games. The Maya also inhabited this region beginning in 300 AD, leaving behind evidence of this game as well.

back: "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. At the base of the cactus there is a holm oak (encino) branch on one side and a laurel branch on the other.

Lettering: ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS

Translation: United Mexican States

edge lettering: Lettering: INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD

Translation: Independence and liberty

• quantity 1
• demonetized {no longer in circulation} polished Copper-nickel coin
• diameter: 32.06 mm
• weight: 15.2 g

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