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100 Pesos El Banco Oriental de Mexico
| Issuer | Banco Oriental de Mexico |
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| Year | 1900-1914 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red-brown on a pale guilloche ground, the reverse carries three large circular rosette vignettes, the numeral 100 boldly rendered within the left and right roundels. The central medallion bears the Puebla state coat of arms encircled by the Latin motto, all enclosed within an intricate interlocking lathe-work border design. The American Bank Note Company imprint appears at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO ORIENTAL DE MEXICO ANGELIS SVIS DEVS MANDAVIT DE TE VT CYSTODIANT TE IN OMNIBVS VIIS TVIS AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK (Translation: Eastern Bank of Mexico / God has commanded His angels concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.) |
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The Banco Oriental de México operated out of Puebla under the 1897 Ley General de Instituciones de Crédito, which divided Mexico's banking sector into regional concessions — each institution legally confined to issuing currency within its home state. The Oriental held the Puebla concession, though in practice its notes circulated well beyond that boundary in the years before the Revolution destabilized the entire system of concession banking.
American Bank Note Company handled the majority of Mexico's concession-era bank printing, and the quality of intaglio work on this series reflects that near-monopoly relationship. The Banco Oriental was liquidated during the Huerta period, with most circulation notes called in after 1914.