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25 Centavos El Banco Mexicano
| Issuer | El Banco Mexicano |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Value | 25 Centavos (0.25 MXP) |
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| Obverse lettering | Chihuahua, 1888 EL BANCO MEXICANO SÉRIE A PAGARÁ Á LA VISTA AL PORTADOR Veinticinco Centavos EN MONEDA DE PLATA DEL CUÑO MEXICANO GERENTE INTERVENTOR DEL GOBIERNO American BankNote Co. New York (Translation: The Mexican Bank Series A — Pay on sight to the bearer Twenty-five Centavos in silver coin of the Mexican mint.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown and olive-green; at centre, a portrait vignette of a Native woman in three-quarter view, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The denomination '25' appears in mirror-script guilloche cartouches at left and right, with 'VEINTICINEO' and 'CENTAVOS' reading vertically in the respective side panels. The bank title is split across the top and bottom margins, reading 'BANCO' above and 'MEXICANO' below, framed by an ornate geometric border. A blue-green oval seal underprint is visible at centre behind the portrait vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO MEXICANO VEINTICINCO CENTAVOS AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY NEW YORK (Translation: Mexican Bank — Twenty-five Centavos) |
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