Issues of El Banco Mercantil Mexicano
$1 notes

The vignette is of the goddess Irene, the goddess of peace.
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1 June 1882
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Gargollo |
Usandiraga |
Collado |
includes numbers 00006 to 00483 |
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includes number 43980, overprihted SAN LUIS POTOSI |
1 July 1882 |
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F. Mar[ ] |
Usandiraga |
Collado |
includes number 01509 |
1 October 1882 |
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1 December 1882 |
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de la Fuente |
Usandiraga |
Collado |
includes number 40342, overprinted San Luis Potosí
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1 March 1883 |
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1 July 1883 |
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Gargollo |
Usandiraga |
Collado |
includes numbers 88244 and 88260, both overprinted PAGADERO en la Sucursal de VERACRUZ (illustrated above) |
$5 notes

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1 June 1882
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Gargolio |
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known overprinted QUERETARO |
$10 notes

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1 June 1882
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Gargolio |
Usandiraga |
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$20 notes

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1 June 1882 |
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Gargolio |
Usandiraga |
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known overprinted GUANAJUATO |
$50 notes
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$100 notes
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$500 notes
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$1000 notes
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Counterfeits
In November 1901 a Mexico City newspaper warned against counterfeits after a certain José González received a note without number, date or signatures. However, as the note was otherwise perfect it is more likely that it had slipped through the printing process or been stolen before being issued.
When the Banco Mercantil Mexicano merged with the Banco Nacional Mexicano to form the Banco Nacional de México, it had $4,084, 084 in circulation and another $1,004,675 within the bank, making a total of $5,088,759. Most of this had been withdrawn by the end of 1899.