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Bank Note: Mexico, 2 Pesos

1992.23.1217

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Artifact Identification Bank Note: Mexico, 2 Pesos   (1992.23.1217)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Exchange Media
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker American Bank Note Company, New York.
Geographic Location
Period Mexican Revolution
Date June 1, 1914 CE
Culture Mexican
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 15.3 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 7.4 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 10 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Paper, Pigment--Ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed

Research Remarks

Description

On the right hand side of the banknote is a depiction of Eudaimonia, a minor figure in Greek mythology. Happiness and prosperity personified, she is often depicted crowned with flowers, sitting on a throne. As a minor figure in Greek mythology, she does not often appear in literature, but rather is depicted in art as part of the goddess Aphrodite’s entourage.

Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Batiz Vazquez, Jose Antonio. Historia del papel moneda en México. Mexico City, Mexico: Fomento Cultural Banamex, 1985.

“El Día Que Guanajuato Tuvo Su Propio Banco Y Fabricó Sus Billetes.” La Silla Rota, November 28, 2021. https://lasillarota.com/guanajuato/reportajes/2021/11/28/el-dia-que-guanajuato-tuvo-su-propio-banco-fabrico-sus-billetes-360074.html.

Prusac, Marina. “Personifications of Eudaimonia , Felicitas and Fortuna in Greek and Roman Art.” Symbolae Osloenses, 2011. https://proxy2.library.illinois.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=67652262&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Robson, Ruthann. “Before and After Sappho: Eudaemonia.” Law and Literature 21, no. 3 (2009): 354–70. https://doi.org/10.1525/lal.2009.21.3.354.

“Worshipping Aphrodite.” The Getty. Accessed November 6, 2023. https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/aphrodite/worship.html.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Harlan J. and Pamela Berk
Reproduction no

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