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50c and $1 notes of the Banco de Nuevo León

50c proof

Nuevo Leon 50c

Following Huerta's decree of 30 March 1914 allowing banks to issue 50c notes the ABNC produced a proof of such a denomination, pending an order for 200,000 notesABNC, letter to Charles Blackmore, Resident Agent, Mexico City, 3 April 1916, but the order did not materialise and no notes were printed.

$1 note

Nuevo Leon 1 O3 02823

Nuevo Leon 1 O3 02823 reverse

The vignettes are of General Zaragoza and the goddess Minerva.

Date of issue Date on note Series from to Interventor Presidente Cajero  

12 January 1892  O            
  1 December 1892 O-3     Guerrero Armendariz Martínez Cárdenas includes number 02823
5 February 1893    15 January 1893       Guerrero Villarreal Martínez Cárdenas includes number 8608CNBanxico #11687
      includes number 22101CNBanxico #11698
O-26 25001 26000  
5 February 1893  O-33 31001  32000 Guerrero  Villarreal  Martínez Cárdenas  
0-33 32001 33000  
    O-34 33001 34000  
    O-35 34001 35000  
    O-36 35001 36000  
    O-37 36001 37000  
      37001 38000  
      38001 39000  
      39001 40000 includes number 39292

5 May 1893              
        50000        

 

All 50,000 notes were issued by 1 April 1897.

These appear to have additional codes. 22101CNBanxico #11698 and 25682 had a large red P twice, 32422 had a red M twice, 37631 had a large blue S.

In 1897 the Ley General de Instituciones de Crédito prohibited banks from issuing notes in denominations below five pesos and banks had to withdraw any outstanding notes within two years so these were called in. 40,000 of these notes were incinerated on 2 January 1900report of interventor Camacho, 21 January 1900, Memorias de las Instituciones de Crédito correspondientes a los años 1897-1898-1899, tomo I. By then end of 1902 another 5,504 had been collectedinforme of interventor Camacho, 20 January 1903 Memorias de las Instituciones de Crédito correspondientes á los años 1900-1902, vol. I.

Then when in November 1913 Huerta removed this restriction the bank of Nuevo Leon placed a new order with the American Bank Note Company.

Nuevo Leon 1 67524

Nuevo Leon 1 67524 reverse

Date of issue Date on note Series from to Interventor Presidente Cajero
Gerente
 

5 February 1914 A 50001    Treviño de Tárnava R. M. Garza includes number 62901CNBanxico #11699
                includes numbers 62906 to 71214 needleprinted CANCELADO