Catalog
500 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Mexico |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Printer | Banco de Mexico, Mexico |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE MEXICO S.A. QUINIENTOS PESOS 500 500 |
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| Protection description | the Banco de Mexico monogram or portrait, visible when held to light |
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The P#69 500 Pesos belongs to the Series C family issued through the late 1970s, a period when Banco de México was managing significant inflationary pressure following the 1976 peso devaluation — the first forced realignment of the currency since 1954. The 500 Pesos denomination, once commanding, was by 1979 a routine transaction note rather than a high-value instrument.
Banco de México printed this series in-house at its own facilities, a capacity it had developed to reduce dependence on foreign security printers. The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature — modest by contemporary standards, even for the period.