The effigy of Don Benito Juárez is accompanied by a vignette, which shows the triumphal entry of said character into Mexico City on July 15, 1867, symbolizing the victory of the Reform, the separation of Church-State and the basic principle of equality before the law.
Reverse description
The ecosystem of coasts, seas and islands through a gray whale with its calf in the El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, in Baja California Sur, recognized by UNESCO as a natural heritage of humanity.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Don Benito Juárez and electrotype 500.
Obverse lettering
Banco de Mexico
Presidente Benito Juárez impulsor de las leyes de reforma en su
entrada triunfal a la Ciudad de Mexica el 15 de julio de 1867
simbolizando la restauración de la Republica
Quinientos pesos (Translation: Bank of Mexico President Benito Juárez promoter of the reform laws in his triumphal entry to the City of Mexica on July 15, 1867 symbolizing the restoration of the Republic Five hundred pesos)
Reverse lettering
Banco de Mexico
Ecosistema de costas mares e islas representado por la ballena gris
su balleno y pastos marinos en la reserva de la biosfera El
Vizcaino en baja california sur patrimonio national de la
humanidad.
Quinientos pesos (Translation: Bank of Mexico Ecosystem of coasts, seas and islands represented by the gray whale, its whale and seagrasses in the El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve in Baja California Sur, a World Heritage Site. Five hundred pesos)