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1 Peso
| Issuer | Banco de Comercio |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and displays a central oval vignette containing the Honduran national coat of arms, enclosed within an ornate guilloche border. On either side, large stylised numeral '1' counters are set within elaborate lathe-work rosettes, with the word 'UNO' inscribed within each. The bank name 'BANCO DE COMERCIO' is inscribed across the top, and the denomination 'UN PESO' appears in a panel along the lower border, with the American Bank Note Company imprint at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO DE COMERCIO UNO UN PESO AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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Banco de Comercio was one of several Mexican state and commercial banks whose operations were effectively ended by the nationalization decrees of 1916 and 1917, part of Carranza's broader effort to consolidate financial authority under the new revolutionary government. Notes from this issuer printed by ABNC were produced before those decrees took hold, which makes their survival partly a function of how quickly individual banks collapsed — some ceased redeeming paper almost immediately when federal pressure arrived.
The ABNC contract for Mexican commercial bank issues during this period was substantial, covering multiple institutions simultaneously. Whether this specific series actually reached widespread circulation before the bank lost its operating authority is unclear.