5 Pesos El Banco Minero

€348,048.00
IssuerState of Chihuahua
Year1888-1914
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Pesos (5 MXP)
CurrencyPeso (1863-1992)
CompositionPaper
Size167 × 72 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#S163
Obverse descriptionBlack 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.
Reverse descriptionBlue 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.
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Obverse letteringEL 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 letteringBANCO MINERO
(Translation: Mining Bank)
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Catalog ID6490066910
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