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unofficial replica of the new 50-peso banknote that has
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<h1 class="entry-title">Xochimilco’s endemic axolotl to
appear on new 50-peso bill</h1>
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<div class="subhead"> Chinampas, the manmade islands of
the area's canals, will also be pictured on the note</div>
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<div class="date">Published on Thursday, February 20,
2020</div>
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<p>The axolotl, a species of salamander endemic to
Mexico City’s Lake Xochimilco, may be endangered but
it recently got some news that could give it
something to smile about.</p>
<p>The Bank of México (Banxico) announced that the
amphibian will grace the new series of 50-peso notes
to be put into circulation in 2022.</p>
<p>Accompanying the grinning creature will be an ear
of corn and an image of farmers tending crops on the
famous <em>chinampas</em>, or manmade islands used
for agriculture.</p>
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<p>The obverse side of the bill will feature an image
commemorating the founding of Tenochtitlán, the
capital of the Aztec empire at the time of the
arrival of the Spanish.</p>
<p>Two banknotes in the new family of bills planned by
Banxico have already been put into circulation. The
<a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/juarez-gray-whale-grace-new-banknote/">new
500-peso note</a> began confusing citizens in
August 2018 with its resemblance to the 20-peso
note: blue-colored and donning the face of beloved
19th-century president Benito Juárez.</p>
<p>The <a
href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/new-200-peso-note-coming-in-september/">new
200-peso note</a> went into circulation in
September of last year. It’s still green, but
switched out the face of feminist poet Sister Juana
Inés de la Cruz for those of Mexican independence
heroes Miguel Hidalgo and José María Morelos.</p>
<p>But fans of “The Tenth Muse,” as De la Cruz is
affectionately called, need not worry, for she isn’t
gone for good. She will adorn the new 100-peso note.
Opposite her face will be an image of the Monarch
Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacán and México
state.</p>
<p>The new 1,000-peso note will feature the 33rd
president of Mexico, Francisco I. Madero,
Revolution-era feminist Hermila Galindo and
revolutionary Carmen Serdán. A jaguar will stalk its
reverse side next to an image of the ancient Mayan
city of Calakmul.</p>
<p>Banxico has plans for a possible 2,000-peso bill,
but it will only be released if economically
necessary. Should it be put into circulation, poets
Octavio Paz and Rosario Castellanos will be on the
bill.</p>
<p>The new family of bills will soon lose a member, as
Banxico is planning to gradually take the 20-peso
note out of circulation and replace it with a coin.
It will both commemorate Mexican independence and
enshrine the crocodiles and mangrove forests of the
Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve in Quintana Roo.</p>
<p><em>Source: <a
href="https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/destinos/el-ajolote-y-xochimilco-saldran-en-el-nuevo-billete-de-50-pesos">El
Universal</a> (sp) <br>
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