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100 Gems - October birthstone opal

Issuer Mexico
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
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