Catalog
5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco de México |
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| Year | 1969-1972 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO DE MEXICO S.A. PAGARA CINCO PESOS A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR MEXICO, D.F. (Translation: The Bank of Mexico S.A. will pay Five Pesos on sight to the bearer) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Pick 62 was produced entirely in-house at the Banco de México's own printing works — one of relatively few central banks in Latin America during this period operating a fully integrated security printing facility rather than contracting abroad. The decision to print domestically had been consolidated through the 1950s and reflected a deliberate policy of keeping production under direct institutional control.
Reyes Santana's design credit places this within a body of work produced by the bank's internal design staff rather than the international engraving houses — Bradbury Wilkinson, American Bank Note — that dominated the region's earlier issues.