Catalog
500 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 2000-2008 |
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| Reference(s) | P#120 |
| Obverse description | Red-brown, deep purple and dark brown-violet intaglio on multicolor guilloche underprint. A portrait vignette of General Ignacio Zaragoza is positioned at right center, with a scene of the Battle of Puebla rendered at left center. The denomination and issuing authority appear in intaglio lettering across the face. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a detailed intaglio vignette of the Catedral de Puebla at center, its ornate dome and towers rendered in fine line work against a multicolor guilloche underprint in blue, orange and olive tones. A winged angel statue stands at left foreground before decorative ironwork gates, with a period street lamp at right. The denomination numeral "500" appears in bold at upper left and upper right, with the word "QUINIENTOS" in large intaglio lettering along the lower margin. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of Ignacio Zaragoza, visible when held to light |
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