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50 Pesos El Banco de Sonora
| Issuer | El Banco de Sonora |
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| Year | 1898-1911 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1992) |
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| Obverse description | Dark green and black intaglio print on a light green guilloche underprint. At left, a rectangular vignette shows agricultural laborers at work in a field. At center, a large ornate guilloche medallion bears the denomination numeral "50" within interlocking lathe-work borders. At right, an oval portrait vignette presents a young girl with curly hair and a ribbon headband, set within an elaborate scalloped guilloche frame. Serial numbers appear in red at lower left and lower right, with signature lines for Interventor del Gobierno, Gerente, and Presidente along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico EL BANCO DE SONORA SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA PAGARÁ Á LA VISTA AL PORTADOR CINCUENTA PESOS EN MONEDA CORRIENTE DE PLATA DEL CUÑO MEXICANO. (Translation: The Bank of Sonora Anonymous Society Will pay on sight to the bearer Fifty Pesos in current silver coin of Mexican making.) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in black on a fine geometric guilloche underprint. A central oval vignette presents a classical female profile in left-facing bust, set within concentric lathe-work rings. The bank name is split across two bold rectangular cartouches, "BANCO" above and "DE SONORA" below the central medallion. Denomination numerals "50" appear in large ornamental counters at both left and right, each enclosed within elaborate symmetrical guilloche rosette frames. |
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