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25 Centavos Banco Comercial de Chihuahua
| Issuer | Banco Comercial de Chihuahua |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Blue intaglio print with a brown seal. The central vignette reproduces a cherub derived from Raphael's Sistine Madonna, rendered in fine engraved line work. The issuer's name is printed in letterpress above the central composition. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO COMERCIAL DE CHIHUAHUA (Translation: Commercial Bank of Chihuahua) |
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The Banco Comercial de Chihuahua was one of several state-chartered banks operating under Mexico's 1884 Commercial Code, which broke the Banco Nacional's near-monopoly and briefly allowed regional institutions to issue their own circulating notes. The Chihuahua bank's concession was closely tied to the mining and cattle economy of the northern frontier, where small-denomination fractional notes like this one handled day-to-day commerce that silver coin couldn't easily reach.
ABNC's involvement was standard for Mexican provincial banks of this period — the quality of the engraving far exceeded what any domestic printer could supply.