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20 Pesos El Banco de Hidalgo
| Issuer | Banco de Hidalgo |
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| Year | 1902-1914 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on yellow and brown guilloche underprint with red serial numbers. At left, a vignette of the Monumento a Hidalgo in Pachuca (1888, sculptor Cayetano Tangassi), set against a panoramic background of an early-20th-century mining town. The denomination and bank title are inscribed across the face with ornate letterpress framing. |
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| Obverse lettering | El Banco de Hidalgo pagará veinte pesos en esta ciudad, a la vista, al portador, en efectivo. (Translation: The Banco of Hidalgo will pay twenty pesos in this city, on demand, to bearer, in cash.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in black intaglio, the reverse centres on an oval vignette of a panoramic cityscape of Pachuca, Hidalgo, set within intricate guilloche lacework. Ornate numeral counters reading "20" occupy the left and right medallions, while the bank title is split between a top panel inscribed "BANCO" and a lower cartouche reading "DE HIDALGO". The printer's imprint "AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK" appears at the bottom centre. |
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