Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 1953-1954 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on a multicolor guilloche underprint, with red serial numbers. The central vignette is an engraving titled 'Ideal Head of an Algerian Girl' by engraver Robert Savage, produced by the American Bank Note Company. Denomination and issuer inscriptions appear in formal letterpress typography above and below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Black intaglio print with red seals. The central vignette presents the Monumento a la Independencia (Angel of Independence), designed by architect Antonio Rivas Mercado and sculpted by Enrique Alciati, rendered in fine line engraving. Denomination and bank name inscriptions are placed in the surrounding borders. |
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| Variants | P#57a - 19.01.1953 series DK-DN P#57b - 10.02.1954 series DW-DZ P#57c - 08.09.1954 series EI-EP / EK |
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