1915 Oaxaca State Mexico Series R One Peso Banknote P# S953a Extremely Fine
Description: An extremely fine Banknote from the State of Oaxaca in Mexico. The note dated 19 July 1915. It is a one peso currency note that appears to be very crudely printed. The printing of the note looks very crude and exhibits many red thin vertical lines on both sides. The green imagery and printing on the yellow background is a bit difficult to read in some spots, but the note is typical of Oaxaca banknotes of the era. It is green and red on yellow and ochre underprint. It shows the wreathed head of a woman within a circle in the upper left corner and has two signatures. The back shows the large image of Pablo Benito Juarez (President of Mexico at the time and a native of Oaxaca) to the left and a green treasury stamp next to it to the right. The front has a green zigzagged border while the back has a red zigzagged border. This particular note has the serial number 512045 printed in red on the front twice and does not display the serial number on the back. It is series "R" and has two signatures displayed on the front but has no water mark that we could find. The eagle arms of Mexico is in faint ochre in the background in the center of the front. Please carefully review the scans presented as they are part and parcel of our description.
Date: 19 July 1915.
Printer: The printer is noted on the front in the bottom margin but the printing in blue is jumbled but should say TEPOGRAFIA ARTISTICA DE JULIAN S. SOT-O. OAX.
Size: The banknote measures ~6 1/8" by ~2 13/16".
Pick Number: Pick number S953a.
Condition: I would grade the banknote as extremely fine. The printing of the note looks very crude and exhibits many red thin vertical lines on both sides. The green imagery and printing on the yellow background is a bit difficult to read in some spots, but the note is typical of Oaxaca banknotes of the era. The note is lightly soiled along three light vertical folds. The note has no stains, and its paper is thick and stiff. The note has no tears, no graffiti, and no splits. It has no wrinkling and its corners are squared with minor rounding and one or two bumps. The edges are intact and show minimum roughness if any. Just a very nice banknote to add to your collection. Please see scan for additional condition information.
