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Bank notes for sale (additional offers)

Basic varieties of bank notes can be purchased further down this page from the bank notes' tables.

This table shows additional offers:

PIC	REF.	DESCRIPTION	PRICE	BUY
	set	Set of 4 notes, all polymer issues for Mexico (S1, S2, S3, S4), handsigned by Chief Cashier Valdes Ramons Image	€480.00
	S2R1	P-new. 20 Pesos. Year 2006. Ramons-Martinez. Series A. First prefix A. [P122b]	€6.50
	S4	P-new. 100 Pesos. Year 2007. Complete set of 5 notes All 5 signatures/prefixes (A-B-C-D-E). S4R1, S4R2, S4R3, S4R4 and S4R5.	€62.50

 

Bank notes

Issued on 30.09.02. A leaflet (in Spanish) from the Central Bank of Mexico, explaining the new polymer 20 Pesos issue.

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.

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 were also 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.

On the issue of S1 bank note (Español)

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Benito Juarez (1806-1872)

Issued on 20.08.07. Central Bank of Mexico's materials describing the 20 peso bank note: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

On the issue of S2 bank note (Español)

Issued on 21.11.06. Central Bank of Mexico's materials describing the 50 peso bank note: 1, 2, 3.

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.

On the issue of S3 bank note (Español)

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José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón (1765-1815)

Issued on 23.09.09. 10 million pieces of each prefix were printed, total 50 million pieces. Central Bank of Mexico's materials describing the 100 peso bank note: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

On the issue of S4 bank note (Español)