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Banco Internacional was one of the private commercial banks operating in Mexico during the Porfiriato, a period when the federal government had not yet consolidated note-issuing authority and dozens of regional and national banks printed their own currency. The American Bank Note Company handled a significant portion of this Mexican private banking work, and the S561 series reflects that relationship — ABNC was the prestige printer of choice for institutions wanting notes that would be trusted at face value in a skeptical market.

The bank's full name, Banco Internacional e Hipotecario de México, points to its dual mandate in commercial lending and mortgage finance. It did not survive the 1897 Ley General de Instituciones de Crédito, which restructured Mexican banking and squeezed out institutions that could not meet the new capitalization requirements.