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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 1992-1999 |
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| Size | 155 x 66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Nezahualcóyotl, the pre-Columbian Aztec poet-king of Texcoco, occupies the right-center of the note in intaglio print against a rose-red guilloche underprint, with the issuer inscription BANCO DE MEXICO arched across the top and the denomination 100 / CIEN PESOS rendered at lower left and right. A vignette of a pre-Columbian sculptural motif appears to the upper left of the portrait, alongside the serial number and series designation. Two signature facsimiles appear at lower center beneath the issuer's seal. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large intaglio vignette of the stone statue of Xochipilli, the Aztec god of art, games, and flowers, seated on an ornate carved pedestal at center-left, rendered in deep rose-red tones. Geometric and pre-Columbian decorative motifs fill the surrounding guilloche panels on both sides, with the issuer name BANCO DE MEXICO at upper center and the denomination 100 / PESOS / CIEN at various positions. The overall composition draws on Aztec iconographic elements to frame the central sculptural figure. |
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This note belongs to the "D" series issued by Banco de México during a period of forced institutional discipline following the catastrophic 1994–95 peso crisis, when the currency lost roughly half its value against the dollar in a matter of weeks. The Banco de México had only received formal constitutional independence in April 1994 — months before the devaluation it was powerless to prevent — and the notes circulating through the late 1990s did so against a backdrop of IMF restructuring and a $50 billion emergency stabilization package.
Printed on cotton substrate with a watermark as the primary security feature, the note predates the polymer and holographic upgrades that arrived with later Banco de México series. The 100-peso denomination was heavily used in daily retail transactions throughout this stretch, meaning worn survivors significantly outnumber uncirculated ones.