BP 10: Object of Revolution ( The 20 Pesos Bill)

In mexico, like in the USA the bills have many symbols that represent something specific about each individual country. During class last Friday we discussed and analyse the symbols in the dollar bill and we talked about how it could represent revolution. We as a class came up with ideas that I never thought about and I learned how a single dollar bill can tell you something about a country. In this blog post I am going to analyse the Mexico 20 pesos bill and come up with ideas of how the bill is revolutionary.

1: The dove in the front side of the bill represent peace within the country.

2: Is a picture of the constitution and a scale. The constitution is most likely in the bill because is telling the people that the bill is not violating the constitution and that is legal. The scale represents equality and balance within the constitution.

3: Is the picture of Benito Juarez. Benito Juarez was the 26th president of Mexico and was most remember during "la reforma" (the reform) which was a movement against the dictatorship of Antonio Lopez in 1853 and mainly the separation of church and state in public affairs.

4: Is simply a transparent element of the bill to protect it against counterfeit money.

The front side of the 20 pesos bill is an example of revolutionary example because the three drawings, Benito Juarez, the dove, and the scale are tied together. All of these drawing symbolize "la reforma" movement, which was a triumph of Mexican Liberals against the conservative officials and old colonial system.

The back side of the 20 pesos bill is a picture of Monte Alban site south of Oaxaca, Mexico,the state where actually Benito Juarez was born. I would argue that the reason Monte Alban is on the back side of the bill is because they want to illustrate the importance of Benito Juarez young life when he was a poor farmer and how he became a lawyer and made history in Mexico.

5: A picture of the middle portion of Mexico. If you look in the front cover u can see the south and north part of Mexico.

6: Is a picture of an ornament from Monte Alban, ancient people would often wear this obects as a ritual or to perform a dance to the gods.

7: A picture of Monte Alban. One of the early sites of Mesoamerica and today an important archeological site in Mexico.

8: monument from Monte Alban.