Mexican 50-peso note

Fifty pesos
(Mexico)
Value	50 Mexican pesos
Width	127 mm
Height	66 mm
Paper type	Polymer
Obverse
Design	José María Morelos y Pavón
Reverse
Design	Aqueduct of Morelia

Last updated September 09, 2019

The Mexican 50-peso note is second-smallest denomination of Mexican currency.

The Mexican peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 10th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded currency from America, and the most traded currency from Latin America.

Morelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and largest city of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the Purépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the valley during this time. The Spanish took control of the area in the 1520s. The Spanish under Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza founded a settlement here in 1541 with the name of Valladolid, which became rival to the nearby city of Pátzcuaro for dominance in Michoacán. In 1580, this rivalry ended in Valladolid's favor and it became the capital of the colonial province. After the Mexican War of Independence, the city was renamed Morelia in honor of José María Morelos, who hailed from the city. In 1991, the city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved colonial buildings and layout of the historic center.

The Bank of Mexico, abbreviated BdeM or Banxico, is Mexico's central bank, monetary authority and lender of last resort. The Bank of Mexico is autonomous in exercising its functions, and its main objective is to achieve stability in the purchasing power of the national currency.

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Description

Measures		Predominant colour	Impression		Measured of Security	Material	Obverse			Reverso
66 mm	127 mm	Rosa	Bank of Mexico	November 2012	Relief, Texts Microimpresos, Mark of Water, Register Perfecto and Parts that Change of Colour	Polymer	José María Morelos	Banner of Morelos		Aqueduct of Morelia

Measured of security

Sensitive reliefs to the touch

In some zones, the surface of the note has a sensitive small relief to the touch, especially if they are very new. The zones where feel are: The legend of Bank of Mexico, The banner of Morelos, in the number turned 45 degrees that says 50 weights and in the transparent part underneath of the impression of the caterpillar.

Texts microimpresos

Approach of the Text Microimpreso Letritas.jpg — Approach of the Text Microimpreso

The texts microimpresos are texts very small, that is necessary the use of lens or lupas to observe . By the obverse the notes of 50 weights have the text "50 weights" microimpreso in diverse parts of body of the note. Underneath of the butterfly reads with letters of declining height: "That the slavery proscriba for ever, and the same in the distinction of castes, remaining all equal and only will distinguish to an American between the vice and the virtue", which is a fragment of the Feelings of the Nation.

Sentimientos de la Nación was a document presented by José María Morelos y Pavón, leader of the insurgents in the Mexican War of Independence, to the National Constituent Congress in Chilpancingo on 14 September 1813.

Thread microimpreso

This thread forms part of the polymer since it manufactures the note. The proofs of existence of said threads consist in happening the note inside a lamp of ultraviolet light, in whose inner the note will show the small luminescent threads.

Linear bottoms

In the obverse and reverso of the note finds a design composed of figures and wide and thin lines, which only can observe with a lupa.

Watermark

It is another mark of Security that the same, already is done in the polymer that sees to the direct light. In this case, the image of Morelos observes of grey colour.

Transparent window

It is a small transparent window in the inferior corner that says 50 weights.

History

There exist 3 types of 50-peso notes. This article refers to the notes of type F1, which were preceded by notes of types F and D.

Type D

The type D showed on the reverse part an image of Janitzio, and is still in circulation. In 1997 this type of notes was printed for the last time, and was replaced by polymer notes.

Isla de Janitzio is the main island of Lake Pátzcuaro in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.

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