Talk:Mexican peso
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Coin images
I am not sure the article is improved with all those coin images. The images need descriptions and images. Please use this TALK space to discuss why each image furthers the article. Discuss descriptions, relevance, etc. Kingturtle 06:19, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Hajor - awesome solution! well done! Kingturtle 02:48, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Shucks, thanks. Next outstanding task is to find some banknotes of below average tattiness and scan them in. Cheers, –Hajor 04:11, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- At home, I have a jar with a bunch of Mexican coins and bills. In fact, I'll probably be visiting a friend in Mexico in a couple of days. Is this stuff worth having here? Samboy 18:47, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I would say that showing banknotes with be a good idea. By the way $20, $50 and $100 coins are issued at special ocassions (to commemorate stuff) and are not used in everyday transactions (they can be accepted at transactions but they are not intended to replace banknotes). The $20 coin I guess is as used as the dollar coin in the US (not that often). --J.Alonso 20:59, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
- By the way I just checked Banco de México's web page (http://www.banxico.gob.mx), the "Monedas tipo C" are the coins used today, which do not include $20, $50, $100 (in fact the $100 isn't even shown at all), and $20 is issued for special ocassions.
- Yes, but the issuing of the C series didn't imply the removal of the B series of circulation. So the "old" 20s and 50s (although it's been a long time since I saw a $50) are still legal tender. Just rarer than hen's teeth. There's a page on the new $100s here (http://www.banxico.org.mx/cMoneda/MonedasConmemorativas/005.html) (the Eng. page (http://www.banxico.org.mx/SiteBanxicoINGLES/cMoneda/MonedasConmemorativas/001_EN.html) might be worth including in the article). I've got an Octavio $20 and a Jalisco $100 in my loose-change dish at the moment. No, they're not intended to replace the banknotes, just to circulate in parallel with them.
- Banknote images -- very much needed, but I wasn't sure of the copyright status. Some countries don't mind, others do. –Hajor 21:25, 25 May 2005 (UTC)