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10 Pesos El Banco de Tamaulipas
| Issuer | Banco de Tamaulipas |
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| Year | 1902-1914 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a cattle scene with several cows and a calf in a pastoral landscape, a figure and buildings visible in the background. Large ornate guilloche numerals '10' in dark ink flank the central vignette at left and right, with 'DIEZ' inscribed beneath each. A bold salmon-coloured underprint across the lower register reads 'DIEZ PESOS DIEZ', with three signature lines for Interventor del Gobierno, Gerente, and Consejero below the central vignette. The bank title 'BANCO DE TAMAULIPAS' arches across the top in large letters, with the place name 'Tampico' and series letter printed in the lower centre field. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE TAMAULIPAS S.A. PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR, Á LA VISTA, Á LA PAR EN EFECTIVO DIEZ PESOS DIEZ 10 DIEZ PESOS DIEZ 10 Serie H Tampico Interventor del Gobierno Gerente Consejero American BankNote Co. New York |
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Banco de Tamaulipas was one of the regional banks chartered under Mexico's 1897 Ley General de Instituciones de Crédito, which granted concessions to state-level banks with note-issuing privileges tied to gold or silver reserves held at the Banco de México's predecessor institutions. The American Bank Note Company produced notes for a significant number of these concession banks simultaneously, which accounts for the family resemblance across several northern Mexican provincial issues of the period.
The bank's operations were effectively ended by the revolutionary government's 1913–1916 liquidation of the entire concession banking system. Notes that circulated in Tamaulipas during the later years of this range were often accepted at heavy discounts as confidence in regional bank paper collapsed well before formal cancellation.