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500 Pesos 100th Anniversary of the Bank of Mexico
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 BANCO DE MÉXICO 100 ANIVERSARIO 1925-2025 JUNTA DE GOBIERNO CAJERO PRINCIPAL Presidente Benito Juárez impulsor de las leyes de Reforma en su entrada triunfal a la Ciudad de México el 15 de julio de 1867, simbolizando la restauración de la República. 500 PESOS CIUDAD DE MÉXICO, 27 JUN. 2024 Quinientos pesos (Translation: Bank of México 100 Anniversary 1925-2025 Government Board, Main Cashier President Benito Juárez promoter of the Reform Laws in his triumphal entry to Mexico City on July 15th, 1867, symbolizing the restoration of the Republic. Five hundred Pesos) |
| Reverse description | Dark navy blue on a multishade light blue and light orange underprint, with a central vignette illustrating the ecosystem of coasts, seas, and islands, represented by a gray whale and its calf among seagrass beds within the El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve in Baja California Sur, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. The issuer name appears at the top, with the face value in numerals and letters at upper left, in numerals at lower right, and in letters at lower left. |
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Issued to mark a century of central banking in Mexico, this commemorative note arrives at a moment when Banco de México has been under sustained political pressure — the bank's autonomy has been a flashpoint in broader debates about executive influence over monetary policy. Whether a centennial note reads as institutional pride or defensiveness rather depends on where you stand on that question.
Cotton substrate with watermark and security thread places this squarely at the modest end of modern security specifications — no color-shifting ink, no windowed polymer thread with dynamic elements. For a commemorative of this profile, that's a deliberate choice, not a budget constraint.