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50 Centavos Comisión Monetaria
| Issuer | Comisión Monetaria |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on cream paper with text in cursive script at centre reading the denomination and payment terms; helmeted bust of Athena in an oval vignette at left, overlaid with a circular red validation stamp. Numeral '50' in a guilloche panel at right, also struck with a red oval 'CENTAVOS' stamp. Serial numbers in blue appear at upper right and lower left, with two manuscript signatures above a repeating 'MEXICANOS' underprint at centre-bottom, and the imprint 'OFICINA IMP. DE HACIENDA-MEXICO' along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | COMISION MONETARIA Vale por Cincuenta Centavos pagaderos en oro al portador y a la vista México 10 de Enero de 1920 50 CENTAVOS CAJERO / EL GERENTE (Translation: Monetary Commission / Voucher for Fifty Centavos payable in gold to bearer and at sight / Mexico, 10 January 1920 / 50 Centavos / Cashier / The Manager) |
| Reverse description | Green print with a central allegorical vignette: at centre, a woman in classical dress faces left and extends her hand toward a male figure in a toga at left who faces right. Between them, a nearly nude child holds a caduceus. To the right of the central woman stands another woman in a dress. The composition is framed by ornamental borders. |
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