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25 Centavos El Banco Mexicano
| Issuer | El Banco Mexicano |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Size | 105 × 55 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on yellow underprint; at left, a vignette of a farmer holding a sheaf of wheat beside a horse, rendered in fine line engraving. The denomination numeral '25' appears in large format at centre within a circular guilloche rosette, with the value in words 'Veinticinco Centavos' to the right. The place and date 'Chihuahua, 1888' appear at upper right, with the bank title 'El Banco Mexicano' arching across the upper portion, below which 'SÉRIE A' is printed; two manuscript signatures appear at lower right above the titles 'Gerente' and 'Interventor del Gobierno'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Chihuahua, 1888 EL BANCO MEXICANO SÉRIE A PAGARÁ Á LA VISTA AL PORTADOR Veinticinco Centavos EN MONEDA DE PLATA DEL CUÑO MEXICANO GERENTE INTERVENTOR DEL GOBIERNO American BankNote Co. New York (Translation: The Mexican Bank Series A — Pay on sight to the bearer Twenty-five Centavos in silver coin of the Mexican mint.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown and olive-green; at centre, a portrait vignette of a Native woman in three-quarter view, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The denomination '25' appears in mirror-script guilloche cartouches at left and right, with 'VEINTICINEO' and 'CENTAVOS' reading vertically in the respective side panels. The bank title is split across the top and bottom margins, reading 'BANCO' above and 'MEXICANO' below, framed by an ornate geometric border. A blue-green oval seal underprint is visible at centre behind the portrait vignette. |
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