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Mexico Releases New 200-Peso Bills
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September 25, 2009
The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) began circulating on Wednesday 50 million 200-peso bills commemorating 200 years of independence and 50 million 100-peso bills celebrating the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution.
Banxico Director Guillermo Ortiz Martínez said that while the new legal tender will catch the attention of collectors, it won't replace the 100- and 200-peso notes currently in circulation.
The 200-peso bill is made of security paper with a vertical image of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla holding a banner that later became the flag of the Insurgentes Army, while the back side features a holographic Angel of Independence.
The money measures 141 mm long (5.55 inches) by 66 mm wide (2.6 inches), and has a water mark that when held at a certain angle reveals the angel and a bell.
Its counterpart features a locomotive carrying soldiers who were instrumental in the 1910 Revolution. The 100-peso note is 134 mm long (5.28 inches) by 66 mm and has a hologram of Adelita, a famed female soldier. The reverse side shows a portion of muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros' depiction of the uprising against dictator Porfirio Díaz.
First announced last year, the 200- and 100-anniversary celebrations also include the minting and circulation of five-peso coins.
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