Catalog
50 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Internacional |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO INTERNACIONAL BOGOTA, 15 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1884 PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR Á LA VISTA CINCUENTA PESOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE EL DIRECTOR GERENTE 50 |
| Reverse description | Printed in red-orange on plain paper with ornate guilloche border. Central text block carries the assimilation decree inscription. Denomination numeral 50 appears at left and right within decorative cartouches. Multiple manuscript signatures of officials appear across the centre, with date "Bogota, Octubre 30 de 1899" at lower left. |
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Banco Internacional was one of several private Mexican banks operating under the Ley General de Instituciones de Crédito of 1884 — the very legislation that formalized the concession system allowing provincial and commercial banks to issue their own circulating notes. The timing of this note is not incidental; it was the regulatory framework itself that made the issue possible.
The American Bank Note Company's Mexico work from this period is well-documented, and ABNC-printed Mexican private bank notes of the 1880s are now significantly harder to locate than their volume of issue might suggest — many were redeemed and pulped during the banking consolidation that followed the 1897 legislation tightening note-issuing privileges.