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| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Currency | New Peso (1992-date) |
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| Reverse description | The aluminium-bronze centre presents a right-facing bust of Carlos María de Bustamante, the prominent Mexican journalist, politician, and independence hero, rendered in bold relief. The denomination $5 appears to the left of the effigy and the mint mark Mo above the date 2008 to the right. The subject's name CARLOS MARÍA DE BUSTAMANTE is inscribed in an arc along the lower portion of the centre. The stainless steel ring carries the legend BICENTENARIO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA along the upper arc and MÉXICO 2010 along the lower arc, separated by raised dot stops, commemorating the bicentennial of Mexican independence. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | BICENTENARIO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA Mo $5 2008 CARLOS MARÍA DE BUSTAMANTE MÉXICO 2010 (Translation: Bicentennial of Independence) |
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