On 30 August 2010, the Bank of Mexico completed the issuance of its latest family of notes with the introduction of a new 500-peso note. As with previous members of this new family, older notes of the same denomination remain legal tender and will circulate in parallel with the new notes.B708 (P126): 500 pesos (US$26)
Brown. Front: Spanish text; calla lily in violet-to-green OVI; Diego Rivera’s mural Desnudo con Alcatraces (Nude with Calla Lilies), three brushes, and painter’s palette; muralist, Diego Rivera; map of Mexico as registration device. Back: Spanish text; map of Mexico; bank seal; artist, Frida Kahlo; Frida Kahlo’s painting El Abrazo de Amor del Universo, La Tierra, (México), Yo, Diego and Señor Xolotl (The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth, Mexico, I, Diego and Mister Xolotl); hummingbird. Windowed Motion security thread and solid security thread. Watermark: Diego Rivera and electrotype 500. Printer: BANCO DE MÉXICO. 148 x 66 mm. Paper. a. 8 MAR. 2010. MÉXICO D.F. Sig. 11: Valdés. Series A – F. Intro: 30.08.2010.
Brown. Front: Spanish text; calla lily in violet-to-green OVI; Diego Rivera’s mural Desnudo con Alcatraces (Nude with Calla Lilies), three brushes, and painter’s palette; muralist, Diego Rivera; map of Mexico as registration device. Back: Spanish text; map of Mexico; bank seal; artist, Frida Kahlo; Frida Kahlo’s painting El Abrazo de Amor del Universo, La Tierra, (México), Yo, Diego and Señor Xolotl (The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth, Mexico, I, Diego and Mister Xolotl); hummingbird. Windowed Motion security thread and solid security thread. Watermark: Diego Rivera and electrotype 500. Printer: BANCO DE MÉXICO. 148 x 66 mm. Paper. a. 8 MAR. 2010. MÉXICO D.F. Sig. 11: Valdés. Series A – F. Intro: 30.08.2010.
Courtesy of Rickey Stein and Ricardo G. Ramírez.