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Nail a new currency will circulate in Mexico after this March 15 was approved in the Senate of the Republic. This is a copy in commemoration of the bicentenary of the Heroic Military Collegean institution born in 1823 and remembered for its participation in historical events such as the Battle of Chapultepec (1847).
The issue of this coin was a proposal of the national defense commission, presented in November of the previous year. This Wednesday, it was approved in the Senate with 84 votes in favor.
The value of the coin will be 20 Mexican pesos, on the obverse (main face) it will bear the national coat of arms with the legend “ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS” forming a semicircle.. It will be the reverse which includes an item alluding to the Heroic Military Collegealthough the design has yet to be defined.
The commemorative image will be accompanied by the denomination “$20”, the caption “SECRETARIAT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE BICENTENARY OF THE HEROIC MILITARY SCHOOL 1823-2023”the Mexican mint mark “M0” and security features, which must also be related to the coin’s design.
Design of the element in commemoration of the Heroic Military College will be proposed by the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) and approved by the Bank of Mexico.
The coin will have a dodecagonal shape, a diameter of 30 millimeters and a total weight of 12.67 grams. Be bimetallic with two different alloys.
The central part will be silver nickel silver alloy, with copper as the main element (65%), nickel (10%) and zinc (25%) as secondary components. While the perimeter ring will be in bronze-aluminum alloy with 92% copper, 6% aluminum and 2% nickel.
Ernesto Pérez Astorga, senator of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena) who initiated the discussion of the initiative in the Senate, designated the Heroic Military Corps as a historical institution without which various historical facts and the social structure of the country could not be understood.
“The Heroic Military College brings to our country mainly Mexicans and Mexicans with a deep sense of service and love for the country, ready to give life if necessary to ensure the maintenance and the future of future generations”
Among the events in which the cadets belonging to this institution participated were the battle of September 13, 1847 and the so-called Loyalty March (1913) in which they accompanied Francisco I. Madero. They also played an important role in the Reform War (1859) and Agua Prieta Rebellion (1920).
That is why, on December 29, 1949Miguel Alemán Valdez, then President of Mexico, whereIt was agreed that the word “heroic” should be placed before the name of the Military College.
On the other hand, the legislator welcomed the the training offered by this institution, which he assured goes beyond the army. He particularly highlighted the preparation in medicine and aeronautics, which he mentioned that they put at the service of Mexicans even after their retirement from military service.
In this sense, he argued that “in an unjustified way, we only attend and weigh their contributions in arms”, so this piece will be a tribute to the integral contribution of the Heroic Military College to Mexican society and not exclusively in the domain of the militia.
After its approval in the Senate, the initiative will return to the Chamber of Deputies. La Sedena will have 30 days after the publication of the decree in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) to send the design proposal to the Bank of Mexico and it can be minted 30 days after approval of its characteristics by Banxico.