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100 Pesos El Banco Nacional de Mexico
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Mexico |
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| Year | 1885-1913 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print over orange and yellow underprint. At left of center, a portrait vignette of Manuela García-Teruel y Manso, while to the right an allegorical figure of Justice is seated, holding scales in her left hand and a sword in her right. The obligation text appears across the face in period lettering characteristic of American Bank Note Company engraving. |
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| Reverse description | Black intaglio print over green guilloche underprint. At center, a finely engraved vignette of an eagle in flight clutching a serpent in its talons, set against a patterned ground of intricate lathe work. Denomination and bank name appear in period letterforms consistent with American Bank Note Company production. |
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The Banco Nacional de México held a privileged position among Mexico's competing state and private banks during the Porfiriato — it alone was permitted to open branches across state lines, a concession tied directly to its status as the federal government's fiscal agent. That relationship with the Díaz administration meant these notes circulated broadly, from the capital to the northern mining districts, in a way most regional bank paper never could.
The American Bank Note Company held the printing contract throughout the full run, which accounts for the series' unusual longevity — nearly three decades without a fundamental redesign. The 1913 cutoff coincides with the Revolutionary banking crisis that eventually forced the Banco Nacional into reorganization under Huerta's government.