Currency of the Banco Peninsular Mexicano

1913 peso, from the San Dimas Collection

M560a

one peso

The Banco Peninsular Mexicano was the result of the 1905 merger of the Banco Yucateco and the Banco Mercantil de Yucatan. It issued many notes during its ten years of existence, mostly overprinted issues of its predecessor banks. This one peso is common in all grades and was printed locally in Mexico.

Recorded issue: unknown.

Catalog reference: Frampton M560a.

five pesos

1914 5 pesos, from the San Dimas Collection

M561a

The Banco Peninsular Mexicano was the result of the 1905 merger of the Banco Yucateco and the Banco Mercantil de Yucatan. It issued many notes during its ten years of existence, mostly overprinted issues of its predecessor banks. This five pesos is common in all grades and was printed locally in Mexico.

Recorded issue: unknown.

Catalog reference: Frampton M561a.

ten pesos

1901 10 pesos, from the San Dimas Collection

M555b, note the needle punched "CAMPECHE"

1903 10 pesos, from the San Dimas Collection

M555a

The Banco Peninsular Mexicano was the result of the 1905 merger of the Banco Yucateco and the Banco Mercantil de Yucatan. It issued many notes during its ten years of existence, mostly overprinted issues of its predecessor banks. These ten pesos, one needle punched and one not, are fairly common. The dates are the original date of issue, not the date they were overprinted.

Recorded issue: unknown.

Catalog reference: Frampton M555a, M555b.

twenty pesos

1897 20 pesos, from the San Dimas Collection

M556a

The Banco Peninsular Mexicano was the result of the 1905 merger of the Banco Yucateco and the Banco Mercantil de Yucatan. It issued many notes during its ten years of existence, mostly overprinted issues of its predecessor banks. This twenty pesos is fairly common.

Recorded issue: unknown.

Catalog reference: Frampton M556a.

fifty pesos

1904 50 pesos, from the San Dimas Collection

M557

The Banco Peninsular Mexicano was the result of the 1905 merger of the Banco Yucateco and the Banco Mercantil de Yucatan. It issued many notes during its ten years of existence, mostly overprinted issues of its predecessor banks. Fifty peso notes dated 1898, 1899 and 1904 exist.

Recorded issue: unknown.

Catalog reference: Frampton M557.

hundred pesos

1900 100 pesos, from the San Dimas Collection

M559

The Banco Peninsular Mexicano was the result of the 1905 merger of the Banco Yucateco and the Banco Mercantil de Yucatan. It issued many notes during its ten years of existence, mostly overprinted issues of its predecessor banks. This hundred pesos is rare. The overprint is known on series of 1900 and 1904.

Recorded issue: unknown.

Catalog reference: Frampton M559.

Source:

• Frampton, Cory, Duane Douglas, Alberto Hidalgo and Elmer Powell, Mexican Paper Money, 2010 Edition, Carefree, AZ: Mexican Coin Co., 2010.

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