A $1,000 Hidalgo combo listed at $5,699

El Heraldo de México presents as “thousands of pesos” a Mercado Libre listing: seller Cris y Damián asks $5,699 for a combo of a Coyolxauhqui silver ounce (the ad says 2002) and a 1,000-peso Miguel Hidalgo note. It is not a closed auction or a Banxico exchange.

What the specimen shows

The listing photo shows a Family D1 $1,000: date “México, D.F., 26 mar. 2002,” Series A, and serial B1776625. The obverse has Hidalgo and the Dolores bell. Banxico put this D1 denomination into circulation on 15 November 2004 (Circular-Telefax E-64/2004); it measures 155 × 66 mm and is printed on cotton paper. It is now being withdrawn: it still spends at 1,000 pesos, but banks no longer restock it to the public.

The Heraldo note copies security features of the Family F $1,000 (3D thread, circulated in 2008). That type is another design, also with Hidalgo and Guanajuato; the photographed paper is the 2002/2004 D1.

About the price

The note’s face is $1,000. The rest of the ask covers the silver ounce — the listing does not prove it is a Banxico Libertad — and the seller’s premium. A common D1 in good grade usually trades near face plus a collector surcharge, not “thousands” for the paper alone. Check authenticity, grade, and metal with a specialist before paying for the combo.

More detail in the El Heraldo de México (opens in a new tab) note.