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Codes on the Banco Oriental de México notes

The notes had a code in Roman numerals. These were applied in sequence, as in the table below.

There were some anomalies. The codes used I instead of X in CIL (140) and following and in CCIL (240) and following. In the $5 sequence the numbering lost an initial C after CCLXXX (280), the next number being CLXXXI (181).

The sequence suggests there should have been a $500 CILIV (144) and $1,000 CILV (145) dated 1 September 1909, but this does not fit with the known numbers.

The codes for January to April 1914 are out of sync. Like most things, the system broke down during the Revolution.

date on note $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $50 $100 $500 $1,000
1 March 1900     I-VII            
15 March 1900     VIII-XIV            
23 May 1900        XV-XX          
11 June 1900             XXI-XXVI XXVII-XXXII XXXIII-XXXVIII
30 June 1900         XXXIX-XLIII        
6 August 1900           XLIV-XLVIII      
1 May 1901     XLIX-LV LVI-LX LXI-LXIV LXV-LXVI      
1 June 1901       LXVII-LXXI LXXII-LXXVI LXXVII-LXXX LXXXI-LXXXIV    
30 June 1901      LXXXV-LXXXVIII LXXXIX-XC XCI-XCIV XCV XCVI-XCVIII    
    XCIX-CI CII-CIV     CV CVI CVII
2 March 1903           CVIII-CXVIII      
1 September 1909     CXIX-CXXXIV CXXXV-CXXXIX CIL-CILI CILII CILIII    
3 February 1910     CILVI-CILXIV CILXV-CILXXIII CILXXIV-CILXXXV        
23 November 1910     CILXXXVI-CILXXXIX            
3 February 1910             CCXXVII-CCXXX    
3 February 1910             CCLXII    
    CCLXIII-CCLXXX            
23 November 1910     CLXXX-CCXVIII CCXIX-CCC          
17 June 1913                 CCI
3 January 1914     CCCI            
12 January 1914 CCCII CCCII              
3 January 1914                 CCCIII CCCIII
            CCCIV    
          CCCV      
        CCCVI        
              CCCVII  
30 January 1914                 CCVII
30  January to 5 February 1914 CCCVIII CCCVIII              
12 January 1914                  
30 January 1914     CCCIX            
6 February 1914     CCCX            
10 February  to 28 April 1914 CCCXI CCCXI              
14 February 1914               CCCXII CCCXII
1 April 1914 CCCXIII               CCCXIV
10 March 1914             CCCXV    
1 April 1914               CCCXV  
14 March 1914         CCCXVI        
22 April 1914       CCCXVII          
24 April 1914     CCCXVIII            
22 April 1914 CCCXX  CCCXIX              
1 April 1914             CCCXXVI    
        CCCXXIX        
      CCCXXX     CCCXXXII