American Bank Note Company print runs
The American Bank Note Company produced the following notes. They engraved special vignettes of Miguel Ramos Arispe, the driving force behind Federalism in MexicoMiguel Ramos Arizpe was born on 15 February 1775 in Valle de San Nicolás, Coahuila. He was ordained in 1803, after studying in the seminaries of Monterrey and Guadalajara. He taught canon and civil law in the seminary of Monterrey. He was appointed Deputy of Cortes and went to Cadiz in order to attend the Congress of 1812, where he made public his support for the independence of New Spain. Ferdinand VII had him imprisoned for four years because of these ideas. He returned to Mexico in 1822 as President of the Commission of the Constitutional Congress of 1823. His belief in a Federal system of government helped ensure that the newly born Mexican Republic adopted the Federalist system. He died of gangrene on 28 April 1843. (C 219) and Victoriano Cepeda Camacho, several times governor of CoahuilaVictoriano Cepeda was born in Saltillo, Coahuila in 1826. Being a liberal, he fought against the conservatives. During the Three Year War, he participated in several battles and fought at the head of his guerrilla forces. When the government of Benito Juárez triumphed, Victoriano Cepeda returned to Saltillo where he worked as a tax collector. He later took up arms again during the French Intervention as leader of the First Light Battalion of Coahuila. When it ended and Juárez’ government was established again, Victoriano Cepeda returned to Coahuila to be elected governor of his home state. He died in Villa de Guadalupe, D.F., in 1892. (C 219).
Incidentally, a San Luis Potosí newspaper, reporting on the notes that were expected in Saltillo shortly, said that they would have the busts of Zepeda and Ramos Arizpe on the face and on the reverse views of the principal monuments such as the Cathedral, statue of Zaragoza, etc. together with other scenes from the town or countrysideEl Contemporáneo, San Luis Potosí, Tomo II, Núm. 362, 15 October 1897. Either the newspaper was mistaken or we have a record of the bank’s original proposals.
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
August 1897 | $5 | 20,000 |
1 | 20000 | |
$10 | 10,000 |
1 | 10000 | ||
$20 | 5,000 |
1 | 5000 | ||
$50 | 3,000 |
1 | 3000 | ||
$100 | 1,500 |
1 | 1500 | ||
$500 | 200 |
1 | 200 | ||
$1000 | 50 |
1 | 50 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
January 1898 | $5 | 20,000 |
20001 | 40000 | |
$10 | 10,000 |
10001 | 20000 | ||
$20 | 5,000 |
5001 | 10000 | ||
$50 | 3,000 |
3001 | 6000 | ||
$100 | 1,500 |
1501 | 3000 | ||
$500 | 200 | 201 | 400 | ||
$1000 | 50 | 51 | 100 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
May 1899 | $5 | 20,000 |
40001 | 60000 | |
$10 | 10,000 |
20001 | 30000 | ||
$20 | 5,000 |
10001 | 15000 | ||
$50 | 2,000 |
6001 | 8000 | ||
$100 | 1,000 |
3001 | 4000 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
May 1900 | $5 | 40,000 |
60001 | 100000 | |
$10 | 20,000 |
30001 | 50000 | ||
$20 | 5,000 |
15001 | 20000 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
February 1909 | $5 | 50,000 |
100001 | 150000 | |
$10 | 15,000 |
50001 | 65000 | ||
$20 | 5,000 |
20001 | 25000 | ||
$50 | 1,000 |
8001 | 9000 | ||
$100 | 500 |
4001 | 4500 |
After 1909 the plates were changed with title "PRESIDENTE DEL CONSEJO" changed to "CONSEJERO".
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
March 1910 | $20 | 2,500 |
25001 | 27500 | |
$50 | 2,000 |
9001 | 11000 | ||
$100 | 1,000 |
4501 | 5500 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
October 1911 | $5 | 7,000 |
150001 | 157000 | |
$10 | 2,000 |
65001 | 67000 | ||
$20 | 1,000 |
27501 | 28500 | ||
$50 | 1,000 |
11001 | 12000 | ||
$100 | 1,000 |
5501 | 6501 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
October 1912 | $5 | 60,000 |
157001 | 217000 | |
$10 | 30,000 |
67001 | 97000 | ||
$20 | 5,000 |
28501 | 33500 | ||
$50 | 3,000 |
12001 | 15000 | ||
$100 | 1,500 |
6501 | 8000 |
Date | Value | Number | Series | from | to |
April 1914 | $5 | 100,000 |
217001 | 317000 | |
$10 | 150,000 |
97001 | 247000 |
$5 notes 238001 to 317000 and $10 97001 to 247000 were never delivered to the bank and were destroyed in March 1933.