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American Bank Note Company print runs

The ABNC engraved a special vignette of a female head (C 94) for all the values. It entitled this "Mexico" but it is of the leading socialite Manuela García-Teruel y MansoA widely known story is that the President of the bank, Antonio Mier y Celis, was one of Manuela García-Teruel y Manso’s suitors. He asked her for a portrait to carry with him but she refused. Feeling dismayed he obtained her portrait from one of the members of her household and, as a revenge, used it for the vignette for the bank. He argued that if she would not be his, then her portrait would be in the hands of every citizen. A more noble and romantic version states that he did this to gain her favour.. The ABNC used vignette C 231 for the $10 note and vignette C 212 for the $50. Originally the dateline "MÉXICO.................de 188." was engraved on all banknotes.

Nacional 50 specimen

Nacional 50 specimen

Date Value   Series from to
September 1884 $1 200,000   1 200000
$2 50,000   1 50000
$5 200,000   1 200000
$10 200,000   1 200000
$20 50,000   1 50000
$50 30,000   1 30000
$100 50,000   1 50000
$500 1,200   1 1200
$1,000 600   1 600

 

Date Value   Series from to
February 1887 $1 100,000   200001 300000
$20 10,000   50001 60000
$50 12,000   30001 42000
$100 31,000   50001 81000
$500 4,000   1201 5200
$1,000 2,000   601 2600

 

Date Value   Series from to
November 1888 $1 200,000   300001 500000
$5 120,000   200001 320000
$10 170,000   200001 370000
$20 50,000   60001 110000
$50 30,000   42001 72000
$100 50,000   81001 131000

 

The dateline "MÉXICO.................de 189." was engraved on all banknotes

Date Value   Series from to
February 1893 $5 200,000   320001 520000

 

Date Value   Series from to
September 1896 $5 100,000   520001 620000
$10 300,000   370001 670000
$20 25,000   110001 135000
$50 20,000   72001 92000
$100 30,000   131001 161000
$500 2,000   5201 7200
$1,000 1,000   2601 3600

 

The dateline was changed once again to "MÉXICO.................".

Date Value   Series from to
February 1900 $5 200,000   620001 820000
$10 100,000   670001 770000
$20 50,000   135001 185000
$50 20,000   92001 112000
$100 20,000   161001 181000
$500 4,000   7201 11200
$1,000 2,000   3601 5600

 

Date Value   Series from to
March 1902 $5 300,000   820001 1120000
$10 150,000   770001 920000
$20 25,000   185001 210000
$50 10,000   112001 122000
$100 20,000   181001 201000
$500 4,000   11201 15200
$1,000 2,000   5601 7600

 

Date Value   Series from to
March 1905 $5 900,000   1120001 2020000
$10 450,000   920001 1370000
$20 225,000   210001 435000
$50 10,000   122001 132000
$100 10,000   201001 211000
$500 4,000   15201 19200
$1,000 3,000   7601 10600

 Nacional 1000 specimen reverse

Nacional 1000 specimen reverse

Nacional 1000 specimen reverse

Date Value   Series from to
March 1907 $5 2,200,000   2020001 4220000
$10 500,000   1370001 1870000
$20 250,000   435001 685000
$50 100,000   132001 232000
$100 20,000   211001 231000
$500 2,000   19201 21200
$1,000 1,000   10601 11600

 

Date Value   Series from to
April 1910 $5 2,000,000   4220001 6220000
$10 1,000,000   1870001 2870000
$20 500,000   685001 1185000
$50 120,000   232001 352000
$100 100,000   231001 331000
$500 4,000   21201 25200
$1,000 2,000   11601 13600

 

Date Value   Series from to
April 1913 $10 1,000,000   2870001 3870000
$50 50,000   352001 402000
$500 4,000   25201 29200
$1,000 2,000   13601 15600

 

Date Value   Series from to
September 1913 $500 7,000   29201 36000
$1,000 3,500 0 15601 19100

 

In May 1913 the ABNC engraved special vignettes of the national coat-of-arms (C 1363) and Chapultepec castle (C 1369) for a $100 note.

Nacional 100 specimen

Nacional 100 specimen

Date Value   Series from to
October 1913 $100 100,000   1 100000

 

Date Value   Series from to
November 1913 $1 1,500,000   500001 2000000
$2 1,000,000   50001 1050000

 

Date Value   Series from to
December 1913 $10        
$50 100,000   402001 502000
$500 10,000   36201 46200
$1,000 5,000   19101 24100

 

Date Value   Series from to
January 1914 $1 500,000   2000001 2500000
$2 500,000   1050001 1550000

 

The final printrun of March 1914 was never delivered and the notes were destroyed in September 1941.

Date Value   Series from to
March 1914 $10 300,000   3870001 4170000
$20 200,000   1185001 1385000
$50 100,000   502001 602000

 Nacional 50c specimen

Nacional 50c specimen

Date Value   Series from to
May 1914 50c 2,000,000   1 2000000