Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 1925-1936 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print over a multicolor guilloche underprint with red serial numbers. The central vignette, an ABNC engraving of the 'Ideal Head of an Algerian Girl' executed after a composition by Robert Savage, occupies the middle field. The layout is enclosed within fine lathe work borders characteristic of early twentieth-century American Bank Note Company production. |
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| Reverse description | Black intaglio print with red seals, framed by a decorative guilloche lathe work border. The central vignette presents the Monumento a la Independencia, the triumphal column designed by architect Antonio Rivas Mercado and surmounted by a winged figure attributed to sculptor Enrique Alciati. |
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The Banco de México was established in 1925 as the sole bank of issue, ending a chaotic period during which dozens of private and regional banks had printed competing currencies — many of them worthless by the time the Revolution concluded. This 5 Pesos note belongs to the institution's earliest emission series, produced by the American Bank Note Company, which had long-standing relationships with Latin American central banks and handled a substantial portion of Mexico's early federal note production.
The eleven-year date span reflects reissues from the same plate series rather than substantive design changes. Notes from the early 1925 printings carry slightly different serial number prefixes and were issued in smaller quantities than later runs.