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5 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Internacional |
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| Year | 1884 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Black and orange intaglio engraving on white cotton paper. At left, a circular vignette with a portrait of a classical female figure in profile, surrounded by a fine guilloche border; at centre-right, an allegorical seated female figure rests beside a strongbox, rendered in detailed intaglio. The upper portion carries the bank title 'BANCO INTERNACIONAL' in large bold letters, with the denomination '5 Cinco Pesos' stated in the central field alongside promise-to-pay text reading 'Pagará al Portador' and the place and date 'Bogotá, 15 de Diciembre de 1884'. Overprinted 'SPECIMEN' in red across the face, with corner numeral '5' and 'CINCO' repeated in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in orange-red intaglio on white cotton paper. Two large numeral '5' medallions, elaborately worked in lathe-work guilloche, are positioned at the left and right, flanking a central blank panel reserved for the cashier's signature. The bank title 'BANCO INTERNACIONAL' runs vertically in a guilloche band along the left border, with intricate geometric lathe patterns filling all margins. The imprint 'AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK' appears at the top and bottom edges. |
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Banco Internacional was one of several private Mexican banks operating under concession during the Porfiriato, a period when the Díaz government deliberately fragmented banking authority to prevent any single institution from accumulating too much financial leverage. The American Bank Note Company produced paper for numerous Latin American issuers from its New York facilities throughout this period, and the engraving quality on Internacional's issues is consistently among the better examples from the region.
The bank's concession was revoked before the turn of the century, making the circulation window for this series relatively narrow. P#S562 sits in the Specialized catalog under the "S" prefix, confirming it never achieved the status of a nationally circulating note.