Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Mexican banknotes... a never ending story... 02 d

The story of the 5-peso 'la Gitane' goes on... 

type 3.5: as the previous note but serial number only 6 digits

Gitane 3rd emission type 5
according Pick : 4th emission, 1st of the 3 subtypes (a); 1st of 3 different dates (19 I 1953)
according DD : 5th of the 7 subtypes - series DK to DN (CC to DJ were omitted)

specifications:
-  serial numbers letter + 6 digits

type 3.6: as the previous note but series in red

Gitane 3rd emission type 6

according Pick : 4th emission, 2nd and 3rd of the 3 subtypes (b and c); 2 dates in 1954 
    - b. DW to DZ (10 II 1954) and
    - c. 
EI to EP (8 IX 1954)
also according Pick: 5th emission, 1st of 11 subtypes (a)  - date 19 VI 1957 - series FW and FX
according DD : 6th of the 7 subtypes - series DW-DZ, EI-EP, FW and FX (other series omitted)

specifications:
- SERIE and serie letters are now written in red and the word is no longer curved

type 3.7: as the previous note but series in red

Gitane 3rd emission type 7
according Pick : 5th emission, 2nd till 11th of the 11 subtypes (b to k); 10 additional dates between 1957 and 1970
    - b : 24 VII 1957 : series GQ and GR
    - c : 20 VIII 1958 :  series HC to HJ
    - d : 18 III 1959 : series HS to HV
    - e : 20 V 1959 : series IQ to IT
    - f : 25 I 1961 : series JO to JV
    - g : 8 XI 1961 : series LC to MP
    - h : 24 IV 1963 : series AIE to AJJ
    - i : 27 VIII 1969 : serie BGJ
    - j : 19 XI 1969 : series BGK to BGT
    - k : 22 VII 1970 : series BIG to BII

according DD : last of the 7 subtypes (regardless the different dates)

specifications:
- in the date marking on the left, "MÉXICO, D. F." is added
- not mentioned series do not exist

Now let us have a closer look at 4 notes that belong to the same type (DD type 7) and the same subtype according Pick (0060 g - date 8 November 1961):

4 5-peso notes from the same 'type'
when zooming in to the signatures: 
Signature 3 is identical in all 4 notes,
signature 2 is identical in the top two notes, and a different signature the bottom two notes
signature 1 is identical in the top two notes, but diffenent in the second note, and again diffent in the third note...

identical and different signatures within one type
To make the confusion fun complete, we take a look at the reverse side of those 4 notes:

reverse side of the same 4 notes

What supposingly was one note: subtype 0060 g for Pick - becomes 4 different notes in type DD (Mexican numbering).
seal and ornament
in 4 different colours
The depicted 4 notes are examples from serie LU (orange), MG (ocre), MO (violet) and MM (green)

Reasons enough to collect notes per series, to enrich your collection.

to be continued... 

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