Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de la República Mexicana |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1992) |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco de la República Mexicana pagará al portador, a la vista y en efectivo, la cantidad de 10 Diez Pesos (Translation: The Bank of the Mexican Republic will pay the bearer at sight and in cash the amount of 10 Ten Pesos) |
| Reverse description | Green intaglio engraving with a dense guilloche framework and denomination numerals in all four corners. The central motif is a large, finely rendered vignette of the Aztec Sun Stone (Piedra del Sol), enclosed within an oval guilloche panel flanked by two symmetrical denomination cartouches reading 10 PESOS. The bank name is set in a bold banner at the foot of the note, and the printer's imprint appears in small lettering below. |
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The Banco de la República Mexicana was one of several regional and national banking entities caught in the institutional chaos following the Mexican Revolution. By 1918, Carranza's government had effectively centralized monetary authority, and notes from competing or now-defunct banks were being demonetized in waves. Whether this series ever saw meaningful circulation or was issued largely as a transitional or emergency measure is not fully resolved in the literature.
The American Bank Note Company contract is not surprising — ABNC held longstanding relationships with Mexican issuers going back decades before the revolution disrupted normal banking operations.