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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 2620714, member: 18867&quot;]<b>Banco De Mexico 100 Pesos Note, Commemorative Note for the Bicentennial of the Independence of Mexico, 20 November 2007, Series A</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Front: A locomotive that carried revolutionary troops in 1910, clear plastic corn plant with iridescent husks and leaves</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Soldiers in David Alfaro Siqueiros&#039; mural &quot;Del Porfirismo a la Revolución&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Watermark: Woman</p><p><br /></p><p>Size: 134 x 66 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Porfirio Díaz ruled Mexico as it&#039;s dictator for nearly 44 years, from 1877-1911. Despite having given lip service to democracy, in practice he did not believe in it. In the 1910 election in Mexico it is conjectured that in reality he lost the election, but vote rigging and a refusal to acknowledge reality only prompted him to stay in office, in opposition to Franscisco Madero. Shortly after the election a revolt broke out, which initiated the Mexican Revolution, which lasted from 1910-1920 and saw the rise and fall of several characters in Mexican history, including Díaz, Madero etc. In the end forces led by Venustiano Carranza prevailed and the Mexican constitution of 1917 insured more liberal rule, and some degree of political stability.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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