$5 Ejército Constitucionalista notes

Ejercito 5 B 1440287 Ejercito 5 B 1440287 reverse

The letter and numbers appear vertically in red on both left and right hand sides, being a combination of Roman (occasionally Arabic) numbers and the letters ‘A’ and ‘O’^{Alpha and Omega?}, in two print runs, with A trailing and then A leading. These codes change every 20,000 notes so there are approximately a hundred different combinations.

The full text of the codes is given reading up the left side of the note, then down the right.

First print run

Ejercito 5 B 378502

Ejercito 5 B 378502 reverse

Number	Full text	from	to	Number	Full text	from	to
I		1	20000	LI		1000001	1020000
II		20001	40000	LII		1020001	1040000
III		40001	60000	LIII		1040001	1060000
IV		60001	80000	LIV		1060001	1080000
V		80001	100000	LV	LV-A O-LV	1080001	1100000
VI		100001	120000	LVI		1100001	1120000
VII	VII-A O-VII	120001	140000	LVII		1120001	1140000
VIII	VIII-A O-VIII	140001	160000	LVIII		1140001	1160000
IX		160001	180000	LIX		1160001	1180000
X		180001	200000	LX	LX-A O-LX	1180001	1200000
XI		200001	220000	LXI		1200001	1220000
XII		220001	240000	LXII	LXII-A O-LXII	1220001	1240000
XIII		240001	260000	LXIII	LXIII-A O-LXIII	1240001	1260000
XIV		260001	280000	LXIV	LXIV-A O-LXIV	1260001	1280000
XV	XV-A O-XV	280001	300000	LXV	LXV-A O-LXV	1280001	1300000
XVI		300001	320000	LXVI	LXVI-A O-LXVI	1300001	1320000
XVII		320001	340000	LXVII		1320001	1340000
XVIII		340001	360000	LXVIII		1340001	1360000
XIX	XIX-A O-XIX	360001	380000	LXIX		1360001	1380000
XX		380001	400000	LXX	LXX-A O-LXX	1380001	1400000
XXI		400001	420000	LXXI		1400001	1420000
XXII		420001	440000	LXXII		1420001	1440000
XXIII		440001	460000	LXXIII		1440001	1460000
XXIV		460001	480000	LXXIV	LXXXIV-A O-LXXIV	1460001	1480000
XXV		480001	500000	LXXV		1480001	1500000
XXVI		500001	520000	LXXVI	LXXVI-A O-LXXVI	1500001	1520000
XXVII		520001	540000	LXXVII	LXXVII-A O-LXXVII	1520001	1540000
XXVIII		540001	560000	LXXVIII	LXXVIII-A O-LXXVIII	1540001	1560000
XXIX		560001	580000	LXXIX	LXXIX-A O-LXXIX	1560001	1580000
XXX		580001	600000	LXXX	LXXX-A O-LXXX	1580001	1600000
XXXI		600001	620000	LXXXI		1600001	1620000
XXXII	XXXII-A O-XXXII	620001	640000	LXXXII		1620001	1640000
XXXIII	XXXIII-A O-XXXIII	640001	660000	LXXXIII		1640001	1660000
XXXIV	XXXIV-A O-XXXIV	660001	680000	LXXXIV	LXXXIV-A O-LXXXIV	1660001	1680000
XXXV	35-A O-35	680001	700000	LXXXV		1680001	1700000
XXXVI	XXXVI-A O-XXXVI	700001	720000	LXXXVI		1700001	1720000
XXXVII	XXXVII-A O-XXXVII	720001	740000	LXXXVII		1720001	1740000
XXXVIII		740001	760000	LXXXVIII		1740001	1760000
XXXIX	XXXIX-A O-XXXIX	760001	780000	LXXXIX		1760001	1780000
XL		780001	800000	XC		1780001	1800000
XLI	XLI-A O-XLI	800001	820000	XCI		1800001	1820000
XLII	XLII-A O-XLII	820001	840000	XCII	XCII-A O-XCII	1820001	1840000
XLIII	XLIII-A O-XLIII	840001	860000	XCIII		1840001	1860000
XLIV		860001	880000	XCIV		1860001	1880000
XLV		880001	900000	XCV		1980001	1900000
XLVI	XLVI-A O-XLVI	900001	920000	XCVI	XCVI-A O-XCVI	1900001	1920000
XLVII	XLVII-A O-XLVII	920001	940000	XCVII	XCVII-A O-XCVII	1920001	1940000
XLVIII		940001	960000	XCVIII	XCVIII-A O-XCVIII	1940001	1960000
XLIX	XLIX-A O-XLIX	960001	980000	IC	IC-A O-IC	1960001	1980000
L	L-A O-L	980001	1000000	C		1980001	2000000

Second print run

Ejercito 5 B 461432

Ejercito 5 B 461432 reverse

Number	Full text	from	to	Number	Full text	from	to
I		20001	40000	LI	A-LI LI-O	1020001	1040000
II		40001	60000	LII	A-LII LII-O	1040001	1060000
III		60001	80000	LIII		1060001	1080000
IV		80001	100000	LIV	A-LIV LIV-O	1080001	1100000
V		100001	120000	LV	A-LV LV-O	1100001	1120000
VI		120001	140000	LVI	A-LVI LVI-O	1120001	1140000
VII		140001	160000	LVII		1140001	1160000
VIII		160001	180000	LVIII		1160001	1180000
IX	A-IX IX-O	180001	200000	LIX	A-LIX LIX-O	1180001	1200000
X		200001	220000	LX		1200001	1220000
XI		220001	240000	LXI	A-LXI LXI-O	1220001	1240000
XII		240001	260000	LXII	A-LXII LXII-O	1240001	1260000
XIII		260001	280000	LXIII		1260001	1280000
XIV		280001	300000	LXIV		1280001	1300000
XV		300001	320000	LXV		1300001	1320000
XVI		320001	340000	LXVI		1320001	1340000
XVII		340001	360000	LXVII	A-LXVII LXVII-O	1340001	1360000
XVIII		360001	380000	LXVIII		1360001	1380000
XIX		380001	400000	LXIX	A-LXIX LXIX-O	1380001	1400000
XX		400001	420000	LXX		1400001	1420000
XXI		420001	440000	LXXI	A-LXXI LXXI-O	1420001	1440000
XXII	A-22 22-O	440001	460000	LXXII	A-LXXII LXXII-O	1440001	1460000
XXIII	A-23 23-O	460001	480000	LXXIII	A-LXXIII LXXIII-O	1460001	1480000
XXIV		480001	500000	LXXIV	A-LXXIV LXXIV-O	1480001	1500000
XXV		500001	520000	LXXV	A-LXXV LXXV-O	1500001	1520000
XXVI		520001	540000	LXXVI	A-LXXVI LXXVI-O	1520001	1540000
XXVII	A-XXVII XXVII-O	540001	560000	LXXVII	A-LXXVII LXXVII-O	1540001	1560000
XXVIII		560001	580000	LXXVIII		1560001	1580000
XXIX		580001	600000	LXXIX	A-LXXIX LXXIX-O	1580001	1600000
XXX		600001	620000	LXXX	A-LXXX LXXX-O	1600001	1620000
XXXI	A-XXXI XXXI-O	620001	640000	LXXXI	A-LXXXI LXXXI-O	1620001	1640000
XXXII	A-32 32-O	640001	660000	LXXXII		1640001	1660000
XXXIII		660001	680000	LXXXIII		1660001	1680000
XXXIV		680001	700000	LXXXIV		1680001	1700000
XXXV		700001	720000	LXXXV	A-LXXXV LXXXV-O	1700001	1720000
XXXVI	A-36 36-O	720001	740000	LXXXVI	A-LXXXVI LXXXVI-O	1720001	1740000
XXXVII	A-XXXVII XXXVII-O	740001	760000	LXXXVII	A-LXXXVII LXXXVII-O	1740001	1760000
XXXVIII		760001	780000	LXXXVIII	A-LXXXVIII LXXXVIII-O	1760001	1780000
XXXIX	A-39 39-O	780001	800000	LXXXIX	A-LXXXIX LXXXIX-O	1780001	1800000
XL		800001	820000	XC		1800001	1820000
XLI		820001	840000	XCI		1820001	1840000
XLII		840001	860000	XCII		1840001	1860000
XLIII		860001	880000	XCIII	A-XCIII XCIII-O	1860001	1880000
XLIV	A-XLIV XLIV-O	880001	900000	XCIV	A-XCIV XCIV-O	1880001	1900000
XLV	A-XLV XLV-O	900001	920000	XCV		1900001	1920000
XLVI		920001	940000	XCVI	A-XCVI XCVI-O	1920001	1940000
XLVII	A-XLVII XLVII-O	920001	960000	XCVII	A-XCVII XCVII-O	1940001
XLVIII	A-XLVIII XLVIII-O	960001	980000	XCVIII
XLIX	A-XLIX XLIX-O	980001	1000000	IC
L		1000001	1020000	C	A-C C-O		2020000

Varieties

The $5 was the most widely counterfeited but there also seems to be have variations in the genuine notes, arising either from different printings or different postions on the printed page. From study some of the major variations appear to be

Ejercito 5 B 1430736

Ejercito 5 B 1430736 reverse

	expected	actual	shift
1430736	A-LXXI LXXI-O	A-IIXXL O-LXXII	+1 and reversed