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| 50000 Mexican pesos banknote |
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| Mexican 50000 peso banknote |
Obverse: Portrait of Cuauhtémoc that was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521.
The name Cuāuhtemōc means "One That Has Descended Like an Eagle"..
Reverse: "La Fusion De Dos Culturas" of Jorge González Camarena.
Cuauhtémoc, also known as Cuauhtemotzin, Guatimozin or Guatemoc; was the Aztec ruler (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521. The name Cuāuhtemōc means "One That Has Descended Like an Eagle", commonly rendered in English as "Descending Eagle" as in the moment when an eagle folds its wings and plummets down to strike its prey, so this is a name that implies aggressiveness and determination.
Cuauhtémoc took power in 1520 as successor of Cuitláhuac and was a cousin of the former emperor Moctezuma II. His young wife, who would later be known as Isabel Moctezuma, was one of Moctezuma's daughters. He ascended to the throne when he was 25 years of age, as his city was being besieged by the Spanish and devastated by an epidemic of smallpox brought to the New World by Spanish invaders. Probably after the killings in the main temple, there were few Aztec captains available to take the position.
The Fusion of Two Cultures
A modern (1963) literal depiction of the "interpenetration of two cultures" by Jorge González Camarena, entitled "La fusion de dos culturas".
Museo Nacional de Historias, Castillo de Chapultapec, Ciudad de Mexico.