Mexico 100 Pesos

Description

The peso  is the currency of Mexico. The peso was the first currency in the world to use the “$” sign, which the United States dollar later adopted for its own use when the United States adopted the peso as currency during a period before adopting the dollar. The peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world and by far the most traded currency in Latin America and third most traded in all the Americas. The current ISO 4217 code for the peso is MXN; prior to the 1993 revaluation, the code MXP was used. The peso is subdivided into 100 centavos, represented by “¢”. The name was originally used in reference to pesos oro (gold weights) or pesos plata (silver weights). The literal English translation of the Spanish word peso is weight.  The Banco de México started issuing these 100 Mexican Peso banknotes in 2009. They are currently still in circulation. The $100 Mexican peso banknote depicts Nezahualcoyotl, the 15th century ruler of Texcoco, on the front of the banknote. The reverse shows Tenochtitlan, the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas.