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20 Nuevos Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Currency | New Peso (1992-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette reproduces the carved lintel relief from Yaxchilán (Dintel de Yaxchilán) in intaglio, surrounded by a frieze of Mayan ceremonial figures derived from the Bonampak murals extending across the full width of the note. A guilloche octagonal medallion with the Banco de México monogram appears at upper left, and a circular seal at upper right; the denomination numeral 20 is at upper right and the legend VEINTE NUEVOS PESOS at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE MEXICO / 20 / NUEVOS PESOS / veinte nuevos pesos / DINTEL DE YAXCHILAN / MURAL DE BONAMPAK |
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The 1992 Nuevos Pesos series was introduced as part of Mexico's currency redenomination, which lopped three zeros off the old peso following years of severe inflation — the 20,000 Viejos Pesos it replaced gives some sense of how far the currency had deteriorated through the 1980s. "Nuevo" was officially dropped from the denomination in 1996 once the public had adjusted to the new scale, making this a relatively short-lived series designation.
Banco de México printed this series in-house — one of the few central banks in Latin America that has long maintained its own production facility rather than contracting abroad.