The Bank of Mexico issued Mexican Peso banknotes in 15 different denominations, including this 500 old Mexican Pesos banknote (José María Morelos). They are part of the obsolete Old Mexican Peso banknotes series. The Bank of Mexico started issuing these 500 Mexican Peso banknotes in 1936. They were withdrawn from circulation in 1979.

The portrait on the old $500 Mexican Peso banknote is the most used portrait on Mexican paper money, that of José María Morelos. A revolutionary leader and national hero, Morelos installed the Congress of Anáhuac which declared Mexico’s independence in 1814. On the back side of the Quinientos Pesos bill is an image of the Palacio de Minería in Mexico City, a neoclassical grand building designed by Spanish sculptor and architect Manuel Tolsá.

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