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25 Centavos El Banco Mexicano

Issuer El Banco Mexicano
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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