| Description |
Mexico � Banco de Hidaglo, Parral 25 Centavos 1883 P-S138a. PCGS Very Fine 35. A rare Mexican "Banco" small-change bill. According to Noel Maurer's The Power and the Money: The Mexican Financial System, 1876-1932, "the legislature granted Banco de Hidalgo del Parral its charter in the same year [1883] as the Banco de Chihuahua's [which purchased the aforementioned in 1885]." An oval portrait of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is on the left. Father Hidalgo, who had been involved in an independence faction, exhorted his parishioners in the town of Dolores to rebel against Spanish rule. Printed by the Homer Lee Note Company, New York. This small-format note has blue-green tint on the face and a brown back. A black-inked "Estado de Chihuahua" circular stamp with "2000" below is on the back. Crisp and with vivid tint color. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20364, realized $1020. |
