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Mexico's 500-Peso Bills to Feature Frida, Diego
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August 31, 2010
| | The Bank of Mexico displays samples of Mexico's new 500-peso bills that bear the images of Frida Kahlo and DiegoRivera, two of the country's best-known painters, August 30, 2010. (Xinhua/AFP) | |
Mexico City - Mexico's new 500-peso bills will bear the images of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, two of the country's best-known painters.
The Bank of Mexico says the bills will go into circulation Monday and are a tribute to the artists, who were married twice and worked in the early- and mid-20th century.
The bills will be coffee-colored and have on the front a self-portrait of Rivera, who along with Jose Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros were Mexico's top muralists in the previous century.
The back will have a self-portrait by Kahlo, who was known for her tortured subjects.
Federico Rubi, the bank's director of external relations, called them Mexico's most prestigious artists.
Five hundred pesos are worth a bit less than $50.
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