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5 Pesos Agustín de Iturbide
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Reverse description | The aluminium bronze centre features a right-facing draped bust of Agustín de Iturbide, the Mexican independence hero and first Emperor of Mexico, rendered in bold relief in the military uniform of the period. To the lower left of the portrait appear the mint mark 'Mo' and the date '2009', while the denomination '$5' is inscribed to the right. The subject's name 'AGUSTÍN DE ITURBIDE' curves along the lower exergue of the centre. The stainless steel ring carries the commemorative legend 'BICENTENARIO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA' along the upper arc and 'MÉXICO 2010' along the lower arc, separated by circular ornamental stops. |
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Agustín de Iturbide occupies one of the more awkward positions in Mexican historical memory — the creole royalist officer who switched sides, engineered independence, then crowned himself Emperor Agustín I in 1822, only to be overthrown, exiled, and eventually executed upon his unauthorized return in 1824. Mexico spent much of the 19th and 20th centuries unsure whether to claim him as a founding father or disown him as a monarchist opportunist. His inclusion in Banco de México's "Personajes" bimetallic circulation series represents a quiet rehabilitation — the same program that honors Juárez and Hidalgo without apparent irony.