...Mexico - 20 Pesos Commemorative Polymer Banknotes Dated 05 October 2021

 Estados Unidos Mexicanos

(United Mexican States)

Banco de Mexico (est.1925)
(Bank of Mexico)
Currency : Peso (MXN)

 

Here are the reprints of five banknotes all dated 05.10.2021. These are commemorative notes released to celebrate the Bicentennial of Independence of Mexico from Spanish rule. Independence was achieved  on 27.09.1810. The war for independence started on 16.09.1810.

 

Twenty Pesos

Galia Borja Gonez & Alejandro Alegre Rabiela

 

Front - The note depicts the scene of the arrival of the army of Three Guarantees at Mexico City on 27.09.1821. The Three Guarantees was formed on 24.02.1821 for the purpose of getting independence from Spanish rule. The leader for the independence movement was Agustin de Itubide (b.1783-1824), who then briefly became the Emperor of Mexico from 1822 to 1823. It didn't end up good for him either. He became unpopular and was forced into exile. He then returned to Mexico, arrested and put on trial. He was found guilty by the local legislature and executed on 19.07.1824 by a firing squad. He died at the age of 40 years old.

 

In between the arrival scenes are printed with two flags. The one on the left is the flag of the Three Guarantees (1821-1824), and on the right is the current flag of Mexico. The two year dates of 1821 and 2021 are also printed vertically on the right. These note are all dated 5 OCT 2021 (05.10.2021).

 

Dimensions - 121mm x 65.5mm

 

Twenty Pesos

Alejandro Diaz de Leon Carillo & Alejandro Alegre Rabiela

 

Twenty Pesos

Irene Espinosa Cantellano & Alejandro Alegre Rabiela

 

Twenty Pesos

Jonathan Heath Constable & Alejandro Alegre Rabiela

 

Twenty Pesos

Gerardo Esquivel Hernandez & Alejandro Alegre Rabiela

 

Back - On the back it depicts a Mexican crocodile floating on a mangrove swamp. A crane flying above. The reverse of the note is printed in a vertical format.

 

Crocodile and crane