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10 Pesos El Banco Oriental de Mexico
| Issuer | El Banco Oriental de Mexico |
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| Year | 1900-1914 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Dark green intaglio-printed note with an ornate guilloche border. At left, an oval portrait vignette of a distinguished gentleman in 19th-century attire; to the right, a panoramic landscape vignette of the city of Puebla with Popocatépetl volcano visible in the background. The bank title appears in a banner across the top, with the date 'Puebla, 1o de Abril de 1914' handstamped in red, serial numbers printed in red at lower left and right, and two manuscript signatures of the Gerente and Consejero at bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ORIENTAL DE MEXICO pagara al portador en esta ciudad á la vista Diez Pesos EN EFECTIVO (Translation: The Eastern Bank of Mexico will pay to the bearer in this city on sight Ten Pesos in cash.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark green on a light background, the reverse centres on the coat of arms of Puebla within an elaborate circular guilloche rosette, inscribed with the Latin motto 'ANGELIS SVIS DEVS MANDAVIT DE TE VT CVSTODIANT TE IN OMNIBVS VIIS SVIS'. The denomination numeral '10' appears in large figures at left and right within ornate lathe-work panels. The curved legend 'BANCO ORIENTAL DE MEXICO' arcs around the lower portion of the central vignette, and the printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company, New York, appears at the bottom margin. |
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