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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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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on a red guilloche underprint, with red serial numbers printed at upper left and lower right. A portrait vignette of Estevan de Antuñano occupies the left field, rendered in the fine-line engraving style characteristic of the American Bank Note Company. Elaborate lathe-work borders frame the central text panel carrying the denomination and obligation legend. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO ORIENTAL DE MEXICO pagara al portador en esta ciudad á la vista Cien Pesos EN EFECTIVO (Translation: The Eastern Bank of Mexico will pay to the bearer in this city on sight One Hundred Pesos in cash.) |
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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.