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5000 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de Mexico |
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| Year | 1980-1985 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1992) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in red, orange, green, and black on a light ground, centered on an intaglio vignette of Chapultepec Castle rendered in fine line engraving, with trees and landscaping in the foreground and the inscription "CASTILLO DE CHAPULTEPEC" below. To the upper right, a circular purple guilloche seal bearing the Banco de Mexico monogram and the legend "SRIA. DE HDAS Y C.P." is printed in letterpress. At lower right, a vignette of crossed cannons, cannonballs, and agave plants alludes to the military history of the site. The denomination appears in large numerals at upper right and in a dark guilloche panel at lower left, with the issuer's name "BANCO DE MEXICO" in bold across the lower margin and "CINCO MIL PESOS" at upper left. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The P#88 series was printed in-house at Banco de México's own facilities — one of the earlier high-denomination notes produced entirely without a foreign security printer. Mexico had relied on American Bank Note Company and others for decades before expanding its domestic printing capacity seriously in the late 1970s. That shift was partly political, partly driven by the sheer volume demands of an economy lurching through oil-boom inflation.
The 5000 Peso denomination itself tells you something about where Mexico was heading. When this series opened in 1980, it was a high-value note; by 1985, it barely covered a bus fare in some cities. The peso lost roughly 95% of its value against the dollar across that span.