Mexico: Banco de México 20 Pesos Familia AA (1976)
The Bill Board, a Numismatic Journey with Banknotes di Tim Baker
Note sull'episodio
This podcast provides a comprehensive numismatic and historical analysis of the Banco de México 20 Pesos banknote, Serie CB, issued on July 8, 1976, classified as Pick 64c within the Familia AA series. The note's issuance is situated within the profound macroeconomic instability of the Echeverría administration, specifically the policies of 'Desarrollo Compartido' and the resulting inflation that culminated in the severe peso devaluation just weeks after the note's decree date. The design, produced domestically by the Fábrica de Billetes, reflects a state-sponsored commitment to 'Indigenismo,' synthesizing post-colonial republican values through the portrait of Independence hero José María Morelos y Pavón on the obverse with the ancient archaeological majesty of the Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan on the reverse. Owing to continuous, massi ...