After reading a post about Indians on currency the other day I had 'Indians' on my mind when selecting today's note from Mexico.

The United Mexican States a federal constitutional republic in North America is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a federal district, the capital Mexico City. ENJOY!!

Today's note is a 1992 issue of 50 Nuevos (New) Pesos Printed by Banco de Mexico.

(Front) Cuauhtemoc at r. (Back) Aztec and Spaniard fighting at ctr.

Cuauhtemoc 1502 – 1525 was the Aztec ruler Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521. The name Cuauhtemoc means "One That Has Descended Like an Eagle."

Cuauhtemoc took power in 1520 as successor of Cuitlahuac and was a nephew of the emperor Moctezuma II, and his young wife was one of Moctezuma's daughters. He ascended to the throne when he was 18 years of age, as his city was being besieged by the Spanish and devastated by an epidemic of smallpox.