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500 Pesos 75th Anniversary of Banco de Mexico
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents the Cathedral of Puebla rendered in fine intaglio linework against a complex multicolour guilloche background in blue, red, and ochre. At left, an angel sculpture on a decorative column is visible, with ornate street lamps at right. The bank name BANCO DE MEXICO appears at upper centre alongside the numeral 500, with QUINIENTOS in bold letterpress across the lower portion and a circular watermark window at upper centre. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE MEXICO 500 QUINIENTOS CATEDRAL DE PUEBLA |
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Issued to mark seventy-five years since Banco de México's founding in 1925, this note belongs to a commemorative run that sat uneasily between collector piece and circulating currency — Banco de México printed it for both purposes, and examples did turn up in everyday transactions, which is part of why truly uncirculated survivors are less common than the mintage figures might suggest.
The security package — watermark and embedded thread — mirrors the standard production specification for the period rather than anything enhanced for commemorative status. Printed entirely in-house at the bank's own facility in Mexico City, which had been producing notes domestically since the 1960s.