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100 Gems - October birthstone opal
| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Art Nouveau-style vignette of a seated female figure with flowing auburn hair raising a luminous green opal sphere in her hands, set against a warm reddish-brown guilloche underprint. A central inset gemstone ornament with the chemical formula SiO2·nH2O appears at centre-right, flanked by a designer and cashier signature line. The denomination 100 / CIEN appears at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | Art Nouveau vignette of a standing female figure in flowing robes, holding a fire opal in her raised right hand, occupying the left two-thirds of the note against a pale warm guilloche background. To the right, a terracotta-coloured silhouette map of Mexico appears below a crossed-hammer mining tools vignette, with the denomination numeral 100 at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | 100 MEXICO CANTERA OPAL THE MEXICAN FIRE OPAL HUNDRED GEMS THIS NOTE IS NOT LEGAL TENDER 100 FIRE OPAL IS A TRANSPARENT TO TRANSLUCENT OPAL WITH WARM BODY COLORS OF YELLOW TO ORANGE TO RED. THE MOST FAMOUS SOURCE OF FIRE OPALS IS THE STATE OF QUERETARO IN MEXICO; THESE OPALS ARE COMMONLY CALLED MEXICAN FIRE OPALS. M.S37.175.H AHJ |
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