Dark red print, multicolor underprint, black serial numbers At left, a monarch butterfly. To the right, an amalgam of symbols representing José Morelos. Above this, a passage from Morelos` 1813 Sentiments of the Nation. At right, a clear window in the shape of monarch butterflies. To the left, a portrait of José María Morelos y Pavón.
Reverse description
Dark red print, multicolor underprint At left, center, and right, viceroy monarch butterflies (Limenitis archippus). At center, the Morelia aqueduct. Left of center, Aztec topoglyph for the ancient region of Mechuaca (modern Michoacán).
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
Banco de Mexico
Cincuenta Pesos
Que la esclavitud se proscriba para siempre, y lo mismo la
distinción de
castas, quedando todos iguales y sólo distinguirá á un americano de
otro, él vicio y
la virtúd
Sentimientos de la Nación (Translation: Bank of Mexico Fifty Pesos Let slavery be abolished forever along with class distinctions, all remaining equal, with only vice and virtue distinguishing one American from another. Sentiments of the Nation)
Reverse lettering
Banco de Mexico
Cincuenta Pesos
Acueducto de Morelia, Mich. (Translation: Bank of Mexico Fifty Pesos Aqueduct of Morelia, Michoacán)