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50 000 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 1986-1990 |
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| Value | 50 000 Pesos (50 000 MXP) |
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| Reverse lettering | Banco de México Cincuenta mil pesos (Translation: Bank of Mexico Fifty thousand pesos) |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Cuauhtémoc |
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| Comments |
Mexico's inflation crisis of the mid-1980s forced denominations upward at a pace that outran public comprehension. The 50,000 Peso note was a direct product of that spiral — the country's consumer price index rose over 100% annually for several consecutive years in this period, and the central bank was printing new high-denomination notes faster than old ones could be withdrawn.
Banco de México printed this series in-house, which was not always the case for the institution — earlier series had relied on foreign security printers. The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature, a relatively thin barrier against counterfeiting for a note of this face value.