Mexico 20 Pesos banknote 1882 Banco Mercantil Mexicano

Mexico banknotes 20 Pesos bank note 1882 Banco Mercantil Mexicano
Mexico paper money 20 Pesos banknote 1882 Banco Mercantil Mexicano
Mexico banknotes 20 Pesos bank note 1882 Banco Mercantil Mexicano, P-S245s.

Obverse: "The Little Shepherdess" by Johann Baptist Hofner at left and Seated allegorical woman with antique marine sextant and anchor at right.
Reverse: Monument to Christopher Columbus in Mexico City.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.

"The Little Shepherdess, 1866" by Johann Baptist Hofner (30 April, 1832 - 29 June, 1913) was a painter of animal and genre scenes. (Reproduction of a famous Victorian era painting featuring a young country girl posing with sheep and lambs in an idyllic English landscape. She is holding a little lamb in her arms as its mother stands by her side.)

Mexican banknotes - Mexican paper money
El Banco Mercantil Mexicano
1882-1883 Issue

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