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$5 notes of the Banco de Tabasco

(information from Miguel Zea)

Banco de Tabasco vignetteThe $5 note has  special vignettes of the coat of arms of Tabasco (C 764) and a portrait of Doña MarinaDoña Marina, more commonly known as La Malinche or Malintzin was a Nahua woman who played a key role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, acting as an interpreter, advisor and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador, Hernán Cortés. She was one of 20 women slaves given to the Spaniards by the natives of Tabasco in 1519. Later, she gave birth to Cortés's first son, Martín, who is considered one of the first mestizos (people of mixed European and indigenous American ancestry). (C 763).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The notes had a sequence of control letters that overall spelt out VILAHERMOS and BANCODETVS. These replaced the serial letter on the 1903 issue.

Tabasco 5 E6 45160

Tabasco 5 E6 45160 reverse

Date of issue Date on note Series from to Interventor Gerente Consejero control  
  1 January 1901









A  0001 1000  Dorbecker  Rodríguez
         
P. Valenzuela V1 BI  
  1001 2000 Búlnes I2 AII  
  2001 3000 Sevilla L3 NIII  
  3001 4000 Trueba A4 CIV  
  4001 5000 Lamadrid H5 OV  
  5001 6000 Búlnes E6 DVI  
  6001 7000 N. Valenzuela R7 EVII  
  7001 8000 Suárez M8 TVIII  
  8001 9000 M. Ripoll Deyá O9 VIX  
  9001 10000 Romero S10 SX  
  15 October 1901 A 10001 12000  Dorbecker Rodríguez P. Valenzuela V1 BI  
  12001 14000 Rodríguez I2 AII  
  14001 16000 Sevilla L3 NIII  
  16001 18000 Trueba A4 CIV  
  18001 20000 Lamadrid H5 OV  
  20001 22000 Búlnes E6 DVI  
  22001 24000 N. Valenzuela R7 EVII  
  24001 26000 Suárez M8 TVIII  
  26001 28000 P. Valenzuela  O9 VIX  
  28001 30000 Romero  S10 SX  
  19 September 1903            30001   Dorbecker
         
Abaunza P. Valenzuela V1 BI includes numbers 30102CNBanxico #1851 to 32291CNBanxico #12132
    33000 includes number 32823CNBanxico #12133 needlepunched LAGUNA
  33001 36000 Búlnes I2 AII  
  36001 39000 Sevilla L3 NIII includes number 36178CNBanxico #71857 overprinted PAGADERO EN PICHUCALCO
  39001 42000 Lamadrid A4 CIV includes numbers 39124CNBanxico #12134 to 39628CNBanxico #71861 overprinted PAGADERO EN PICHUCALCO
  42001 45000 Rodríguez H5 OV  
  45001 48000 Búlnes E6 DVI includes numbers 45160 to 45255CNBanxico #71858 overprinted PAGADERO EN PICHUCALCO
  48001 51000 N. Valenzuela R7 EVII  
  51001 54000 Suárez M8 TVIII  
  54001 57000 Estades O9 VIX  
  57001 60000 J. Ripoll y Deyá S10 SX  

 

Tabasco 5 32823

Tabasco 5 E6 45160

OP Pichucalco