Bank Note: Mexico, 5 Pesos

1992.23.1223

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Artifact Identification Bank Note: Mexico, 5 Pesos   (1992.23.1223)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Exchange Media
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker American Bank Note Co. New York
Geographic Location
Period Mexican Revolution
Date 1914
Culture Mexican
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 17.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 8.2 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 bank note is a rendering of a young girl with a basket of pineapples. This is one of the bank notes printed by the American Bank Note Company in. “AMORTIZADO” (‘redeemed’ in Spanish) is perforated on the obverse.

Published Description N/A
Bibliography

“Mexican Banknotes 5 Pesos Bank Note, El Banco de Guerrero.” Coins and Banknotes. Accessed September 18, 2023. https://coinsbanknotesworld.blogspot.com/2013/05/Mexican-banknotes-5-Pesos-bank-note-Banco-Guerrero.html.

“PS-298.” Bank Notes Museum. Accessed September 18, 2023. http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/AME/MEX/MEX-SPEC/MEXS0298.htm.

Artifact History

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

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