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50 000 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 1986-1990 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the bust of Cuauhtémoc, last Aztec emperor, accompanied by his stylized nominal glyph derived from the Laud Codex. The portrait is rendered in fine line engraving against a multicolour guilloche underprint. Issuer legends and denomination text appear in letterpress above and below the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco de México Pagará Cincuenta Mil Pesos a la vista al portador (Translation: The Bank of Mexico Will pay Fifty thousand upon presentation to the bearer) |
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Mexico's inflation crisis of the mid-1980s forced denominations upward at a pace that outran public comprehension. The 50,000 Peso note was a direct product of that spiral — the country's consumer price index rose over 100% annually for several consecutive years in this period, and the central bank was printing new high-denomination notes faster than old ones could be withdrawn.
Banco de México printed this series in-house, which was not always the case for the institution — earlier series had relied on foreign security printers. The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature, a relatively thin barrier against counterfeiting for a note of this face value.