American Bank Note Company print runs
The original 25c, 50c, $1 and $10 face, back and tint plates were engraved in July 1888.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
July 1888 | 25c | 200,000 |
A | 00001 | 200000 |
50c | 200,000 |
A | 00001 | 200000 | |
$1 | 100,000 | A | 000001 | 100000 | |
$10 | 10,000 | A | 00001 | 10000 |
The original $5, $20, $50 and $100 face, back and tint plates were engraved in August 1888.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
August 1888 | $5 | 10,000 |
A | 00001 | 10000 |
$20 | 5,000 |
A | 0001 | 5000 | |
$50 | 2,000 | A | 0001 | 2000 | |
$100 | 1,000 | A | 0001 | 1000 |
In July 1889 the face plates of the 25c and $1 notes were changed to Series B.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
July 1889 | 25c | 100,000 |
B | 00001 | 100000 |
$1 | 100,000 | B | 00001 | 100000 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
February 1894 | $5 | 20,000 |
10001 | 30000 |
In November 1894 the date and series of the $1 face plate were changed.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
November 1894 | $1 | 100,000 |
C | 000001 | 100000 |
In October 1895 the date on the $5 plate was changed from 1888 to 1896.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
October 1895 | $5 | 20,000 |
30001 | 50000 |
On 15 February 1897 the dates and series of the $5, $10 and $100 plates were changed.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
February 1897 | $5 | 20,000 |
B | 00001 | 20000 |
$10 | 10,000 |
B | 00001 | 10000 | |
$100 | 1,000 | B | 0001 | 1000 |
In October 1897 the date and series on the $5, $10, $20, $50 amd $100 face plates were changed and the text changed to "pagará a la vista al portador a la par en efectivo".
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
October 1897 | $5 | 40,000 |
C | 00001 | 40000 |
$10 | 15,000 |
C | 00001 | 15000 | |
$20 | 2,500 | B | 0001 | 2500 | |
$50 | 1,000 | B | 0001 | 1000 | |
$100 | 5,000 | C | 001 |
Again the series and date were altered for September and October 1898 printings.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
September 1898 | $5 | 100,000 | D | 00001 | 100000 |
October 1898 | $10 | 15,000 |
D | 00001 | 15000 |
$20 | 2,500 | C | 0001 | 2500 | |
$50 | 2,000 | C | 0001 | 2000 | |
$100 | 2,000 | D | 0001 | 2000 |
In March 1901 a new $5 plate was engraved, leaving the series blank. The $50 and $100 plates were altered to 1901, with new series.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
March 1901 | $5 | 60,000 |
00001 | 60000 | |
$50 | 2,000 | D | 0001 | 2000 | |
$100 | 1,000 | E | 0001 | 1000 |
In February 1902, with order F12, the ABNC produced a $1,000 note with vignette C 996 on the reverse. The $5 face plates was changed with two notes with the date 1902, two with 1903 and two with 1904. The $10 and $100 face plates had the series erased and the date changed.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
February 1902 | $5 | 60,000 |
00001 | 60000 | |
$10 | 10,000 |
00001 | 10000 | ||
$100 | 3,000 | 0001 | 3000 | ||
$1,000 | 1,000 | 0001 | 1000 |
In December 1902 four of the dates on the $5 plate were changed so all six read 1903. The date was changed and the series erased on the $20 and $50 peso plates (F147).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
December 1902 | $5 | 70,000 |
00001 | 70000 | |
$10 | 15,000 |
00001 | 15000 | ||
$20 | 5,000 | 0001 | 5000 | ||
$50 | 3,000 | 0001 | 3000 | ||
$100 | 2,500 | 0001 | 2500 |
In December 1903 the dates on the $5 face plate were changed to 1904 (F310).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
December 1903 | $5 | 100,000 |
70001 | 170000 |
In September 1905 Creel's signature on the $5 and $10 was erased and the date changed to 1906 (F685).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
September 1905 | $5 | 60,000 |
170001 | 230000 | |
$10 | 20,000 |
15001 | 35000 |
In November 1906 the date on the $5 plate was changed to 1907 and the word "Serie" inserted on the right (F1030).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
November 1906 | $5 | 50,000 |
230001 | 280000 |
In November 1907, with order F1355, new plates were engraved for the $5 and $10, leaving off the date and Ochoa's signature.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
November 1907 | $5 | 50,000 |
280001 | 330000 | |
$10 | 25,000 |
35001 | 60000 |
In April 1908, on order F1534, the ANBC engraved a new face, a new back and a special vignette for the back of the $1,000 note but the order was cancelled on 8 May 1908. This order was entered to replace $1,000 notes stolen from the bank and was cancelled when the stolen currency was recoveredABNC. In October 1909 the date 1903 was erased from the $20, $50 and $100 face plates, leaving the space blank (F2192).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
October 1909 | $20 | 5,000 |
5001 | 10000 | |
$50 | 2,000 | 3001 | 5000 | ||
$100 | 1,000 | 2501 | 3500 |
In December 1909 the ABNC prepared six signature dies for Luis Terrazas and cancelled the dies of Inocente Ochoa (F2299).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
December 1909 | $5 | 20,000 |
330001 | 350000 | |
$10 | 10,000 |
60001 | 70000 |
In April 1910 the ABNC engraved special backs for an issue of $5 and $10 notes commemorating the centenary of Mexican independence (F2457).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
April 1910 | $5 | 20,000 |
350001 | 370000 | |
$10 | 10,000 | 70001 | 80000 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
October 1910 | $5 | 20,000 |
370001 | 390000 | |
$10 | 10,000 |
80001 | 90000 | ||
$20 | 5,000 | 10001 | 15000 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
January 1911 | $5 | 40,000 |
A4-H4 | 390001 | 430000 |
$10 | 20,000 |
M4-Z4 A5-F5 |
90001 | 110000 | |
$20 | 10,000 | P-Y | 15001 | 25000 | |
$50 | 4,000 | K-R | 5001 | 9000 | |
$100 | 2,000 | O-V | 3501 | 5500 |
In November 1912 the ABNC prepared six electros of the signature of José María Aguirre Hernández to fit in the space for Interventor on the six values (F3485).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
December 1912 | $5 | 40,000 |
I4-P4 | 430001 | 470000 |
$10 | 20,000 |
C5-Z5 | 110001 | 130000 |
When the bank decided to issue $1 notes, in January 1913 the ABNC altered the original $1 plate by removing the date 1895, Series letter A and the signatures (F3985).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
November 1913 | $1 | 200,000 |
A | 000001 | 100000 |
B | 100001 | 200000 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
January 1914 | $1 | 100,000 |
C | 200001 | 300000 |
$5 | 100,000 |
Q4-Z4 A5-Z5 |
470001 | 570000 | |
$10 | 50,000 | A6-Z6 A7-X7 |
130001 | 180000 | |
$20 | 10,000 | A10-K10 | 25001 | 35000 | |
$100 | 5,000 | A5-K5 | 5501 | 10500 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
February 1914 | $1 | 200,000 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
March 1914 | $1 | 200,000 |
D | 300001 | 400000 |
E | 400001 | 500000 | |||
$5 | 100,000 | A51-U51 | 570001 | 670000 | |
$10 | 50,000 |
A26-U26 | 180001 | 230000 | |
$20 | 20,000 | A11-U11 | 35001 | 55000 | |
$50 | 2,000 | A7-U7 | 9001 | 11000 | |
$100 | 3,000 | L5-Z5 | 10501 | 13500 |
Also, in March 1914 the $1,000 face plate was altered by taking out the year (F4138).
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
March 1914 | $10 | 50,000 |
A27-U27 | 230001 | 280000 |
$100 | 10,000 |
A6-U6 | 13501 | 23500 | |
$1,000 | 1,000 | N1-V1 A2-H2 |
1001 | 2000 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
March 1914 | $1 | 100,000 |
F1-F10 G1-G10 |
500001 | 600000 |
$5 | 40,000 | A52-U52 | 670001 | 710000 | |
$10 | 50,000 |
A28-U28 | 280001 | 330000 | |
$20 | 10,000 | A12-U12 | 55001 | 65000 | |
$50 | 10,000 | A8-U8 | 11001 | 21000 | |
$100 | 10,000 | A7-U7 | 23501 | 33500 | |
$1,000 | 500 | J2-Z2 A3-C3 |
2001 | 2500 |