Country | Мексика |
Year | 1954 |
The value | 20 сентаво |
Composition | Бронза |
Weight | 10 g |
Diameter | 28.5 |
Circulation | 40108000 |
Quality | VF |
The mark of the mint | Mo - Мехико, Мексика |
Directory | KM#439 |
PeriodThe United Mexican States (1905 - 1969). Kind of coinage- Regular edition.
The pyramid of the Sun largest building Teotihuacan and one of the largest in Mesoamerica. She is on the Trail of the Dead between the pyramid of the moon and the Citadel in the shadow of the massive mountain Cerro Gordo, and is part of a larger temple complex. The pyramid is 40 km from the capital of Mexico, Mexico city, in a North-easterly direction. The height of the pyramid of 64.01 meters (200 feet).
The name "Pyramid of the Sun" was invented by the Aztecs, who visited the abandoned by the time of Teotihuacan, XIII century. They believed that in this place once gathered the gods to saturate the Space. It takes its name of Teotihuacan — "the place where men become gods". As he called the pyramid themselves teotiuakane unknown.
Obv: National arms, eagle left. Edge: Plain. Note: Mint mark Mo.
Rev: Liberty cap divides value above Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacán, volcanos Ixtaccihuatl and Popocatepet in background.
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