5 Pesos El Banco Minero

Issuer State of Chihuahua
Year 1888-1914
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 5 Pesos (5 MXP)
Currency Peso (1863-1992)
Composition Paper
Size 167 × 72 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#S163
Obverse description Black print; red and yellow underprint; red serial numbers At left, allegory of Justice seated with scales in her left hand, a sword at her side, and wearing a liberty cap. At center, a cameo portrait of a woman. At right, a woman seated in a garden with a flower in her hand.
Obverse lettering EL BANCO MINERO Pagará á la vista, al portador, CINCO PESOS Á LA PAR EN EFECTIVO. CHIHUAHUA, 1899
(Translation: The Mining Bank will pay on sight to the bearer Five Pesos at par in cash)
Reverse description Blue print At left, an allegory of Commerce seated on a bag of coins, scales in her right hand, leaning on a strong box. To the right, a vignette of miners working in a mine.
Reverse lettering BANCO MINERO
(Translation: Mining Bank)
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 6490066910
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