It has touch-sensitive reliefs, growing folios and the fluorescence that can be perceived in black light. Touch-sensitive reliefs are used especially for people with some visual impairment. In the first stage, Banxico issued 60 million bills, which became very popular due to their aesthetics.
“With more than 100 new banknotes launched worldwide during 2021, only 20 were considered new enough in design to be a nominated member. Unlike most years, when there has been a clear favorite from the start, the vote between first and second place was close until the very end, when the 50-peso bill from Mexico edged out the 200-dobra bill from Santo Tomé and Príncipe”, admitted the IBNS, in a release .
In fact, in third place in this edition there was a tie between the 10,000 colones bill from Costa Rica and the 50 pound bill from the Bank of England.
“The Bank of Mexico was once again both the printer and the issuer of this award-winning design note (…) the design continues to highlight the historical and cultural characteristics of Mexico with new graphic motifs,” says the IBNS.
The banknote was produced by Banxico’s new printing complex located in Jalisco, which began operating just before the coronavirus pandemic, and the International Banknote Society notes that the banknote has significantly improved security features that coordinate printing. transition to a polymer substrate.
