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Mexico
 
         
 

 

Country overview

 

 

Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Capital Mexico
Population (millions) 106.2
Area (sq km) 1,972,550
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 9,600

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 21st All varieties 28
Year of the first polymer issue 2002 Proof 0
Number of polymer issues 3 Specimen 3
Current status Polymer and paper Regular 25
New polymer issues expected? Yes Replacement 0

 

 

General information

 

 

 

Central Bank of Mexico

Banco de México (Español)

 

 

 

 

Chief Cashier
(Cajero Principal)
Member of the Board
(Hunta de Gobierno)

Raúl Sierra Otero

Guillermo Ortíz Martínez

Jesús Marcos Yacamán

Guillermo Güemez García

Jose Julian Sidaoui Dib

Everardo Elizondo Almaguer

Maria Elvira Herendira Hernandez Barba

Guillermo Güemez García

Everardo Elizondo Almaguer

Valdes Ramons

Jesús Marcos Yacamán

Jose Julian Sidaoui Dib
 

 

 

 

New family of bank notes (Español)

By Central Bank of Mexico; September 2006.

 

Central Bank of Mexico Annual reports: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.

 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY S CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Mexico 1 Peso 20  129x66 P116 NPA, FB Guardian®

S DATE_1 DATE_2 SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE PICS
1S1 17 MAY. 2001 not given Sierra Otero-Marcos Yacamán 2-bar; A0000000 no data not given F  B
images from Thomas Krause
1R1 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Ortíz Martínez 2-bar est. 480,000,000* €5.50
F  B
1R2 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Ortíz Martínez narrow gap 3-bar *included €12.00 F  B
1R3 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Ortíz Martínez wide gap 3-bar *included €6.50 F  B
1R4 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Marcos Yacamán 2-bar *included €5.50
F  B
1R5 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Marcos Yacamán narrow gap 3-bar *included €12.00 F  B
1R6 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Marcos Yacamán wide gap 3-bar *included €6.50 F  B
1R7 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Güemez García 2-bar *included €5.00 F  B
1R8 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Güemez García narrow gap 3-bar *included €12.00 F  B
1R9 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Güemez García wide gap 3-bar *included €6.50 F  B
1R10 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Sidaoui Dib 2-bar *included €5.00
F  B
1R11 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Sidaoui Dib narrow gap 3-bar *included €12.00 F  B
1R12 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Sidaoui Dib wide gap 3-bar *included €6.50
F  B
1R13 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Elizondo Almaguer 2-bar *included €5.00 F  B
1R14 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Elizondo Almaguer narrow gap 3-bar *included €12.00 F  B
1R15 17 MAY. 2001 2002 Sierra Otero-Elizondo Almaguer wide gap 3-bar *included €6.50
F  B
1R16 26 MAR. 2002 no data Sierra Otero-Ortíz Martínez 2-bar no data €4.50 F  B
1R17 23 MAY. 2003 no data Hernandez Barba-Güemez García 2-bar no data €4.50
F  B
1R18 23 MAY. 2003 no data Hernandez Barba-Elizondo Almaguer 2-bar no data €4.50
F  B
1R19 9 NOV. 2005 no data Valdes Ramons-Marcos Yacamán 2-bar no data €4.00 F  B
1R20 9 NOV. 2005 no data Valdes Ramons-Sidaoui Dib 2-bar no data €4.00
F  B
1R21 29 MAR. 2006 no data Valdes Ramons-Marcos Yacamán 2-bar no data €4.00
F  B
 

 

Important notice: This listing might not be entirely accurate. More information will continue to be added as it becomes available.

 

A leaflet (in Spanish) from the Central Bank of Mexico, explaining the new polymer 20 Pesos issue.

 

180 million of 2001-dated notes have been printed by NPA and cca. 300 million notes by BM.

 

 

Bars are located on the front of the note, just below the serial number and above the clear window. There are three bar varieties: 2-bar variety, narrow gap 3-bar variety, and wide gap 3-bar variety. Each of the five signature combinations can be found on all three bar varieties.

 

2-bar narrow gap 3-bar
wide gap 3-bar wide gap 3-bar

 

 

Each bank note is signed by Raúl Sierra Otero, Chief Cashier (Cajero Principal), and by a Member of the Board of Governors (Junta de Gobierno). Members of the Board of Governors are Guillermo Ortíz Martínez, Governor (Gubernador), and four Deputy Governors (Subgubernador): Jesús Marcos Yacamán, Guillermo Güemez García, Jose Julian Sidaoui Dib, and Everardo Elizondo Almaguer. Therefore, five different signature combinations exist.

 

 

Mexico S1 bank notes have also been issued in uncut form: full sheet of 60 notes (6x10) at MXN2,197.00, half sheet of 30 notes (3x10) at MXN1,113.00, 1/3 sheet of 20 notes (2x10) at MXN756.00, and 1/12 sheet of 5 notes (1x5) at MXN220.00. 1/12 sheet of 5 notes has been issued in a folder, others have been issued in a tube.

 

 

Mexico, 20 Pesos, issued in 2002. Front: Benito Juarez (1806-1872), Mexican liberal statesman, a national hero, one of the Mexico’s greatest policial figures, and President of Mexico for two terms. He upheld the civil law and opposed the privileges of the clericals and the army. Mexican Coat of Arms at centre. Back: Hemiciclo a Juarez, a monument to Benito Juarez, with a backdrop of stone archways and a resting lion. The monument was sculptured from white marble from Carrara, Italy by Guillermo de Heredia and inaugurated by President Porfirio Diaz in 1910, at the 100th anniversary of Mexican independence.

 

 

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Benito Juarez (1806-1872)

 

COUNTRY S CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Mexico 2 Peso 20 120x66 PNL no data Guardian®

 

 

S DATE_1 DATE_2 SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE PICS
2S1 19 JUN. 2006 not given Valdes Ramons-Ortíz Martínez . no data not given F  B
2R1  19 JUN. 2006 2007 Valdes Ramons-Ortíz Martínez . 150,000,000 €3.50
F  B
 

 

Issued on 20.08.07. Central Bank of Mexico's description (Español) of 20 Pesos bank note.

 

COUNTRY S CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Mexico 3 Peso 50 127x66 PNL no data Guardian®

S DATE_1 DATE_2 SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE PICS
3S1 5 NOV. 2004 not given Hernandez Barba-Ortíz Martínez . no data not given F  B
3R1 5 NOV. 2004 2006 Hernandez Barba-Ortíz Martínez . no data €8.50
F  B
3R2 7 SEP. 2005 no data Valdes Ramons-Güemez García . no data €8.00
F  B
3R3 7 SEP. 2005 no data Valdes Ramons-Elizondo Almaguer . no data €8.00 F  B
3R4 7 SEP. 2005 no data Valdes Ramons-Sidaoui Dib . no data €8.00 F  B
 

 

Issued in November 2006. Central Bank of Mexico's description (Español) of 50 Pesos bank note.

 

 

Mexico, 50 Pesos, issued in 2006. Front: José María Morelos (1765-1815), Mexican leader in the revolution against Spain and a national hero. At the Chilpancingo Congress in 1813, he presented the 'Sentiments of the Nation', a document, which established independence, a republican regime, the prohibition of slavery, and equality for all citizens. In 1814, the Congress promulgated the Constitution of Apatzingan, Mexico's first constitution. Back: The aqueduct of the city of Morelia (named after Morelos), Michoacán. Three monarch butterflies appear in the foreground. At left, a representation of the pre-Hispanic symbol of the state of Michoacán.

 

 

50 Pesos polymer notes to be released

 

 

José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón (1765-1815)