Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a famous Catholic Nun from Mexico, is shown alongside books, an inkwell with two quills, and a library window
Reverse description
Hacienda Panoaya, an estate in Amecameca that Sor Juana used to live in, is shown alongside a fountain, and a view of the Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuati Volcanoes
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and electrotype 200.
Obverse lettering
Banco de México
`Hombres necios que acusáis
a la mujer sin razón,
sin ver que sois la ocasión
de lo mismo que culpáis`
Sátira Filosófico
200
Doscientos Pesos
200 (Translation: Bank of Mexico, `Foolish men you accuse the woman for no reason, without seeing that you are the occasion of the same thing that you blame` Philosophical Satire, Two Hundred Pesos)
Reverse lettering
Banco de México
200
200 Pesos
Doscientos Pesos (Translation: Bank of Mexico, Two Hundred Pesos)