Mexico 20 Pesos Coin, 2010, KM #943, Mint

This 20 Mexican peso coin commemorates the 20th anniversary of Octavio Pazs Nobel Prize for Literature award. The coin is composed of two metals: a copper-nickel center and a brass outer ring. The center of the obverse side contains the National Shield of Mexico: a Mexican Golden Eagle devouring a snake on a prickly pear cactus. The center of the reverse side contains the portrait of Octavio Paz, an excerpt from his Nobel Lecture, and the phrase 1990 Premio Nobel de Literatura (1990 Nobel Prize for Literature). The coin weighs 15.945 g. It has a diameter of 32 mm, a thickness of 2 mm, and segmented reeded edges. The coin is in mint condition.