Isn't this a hoot or what? This is the note and underneath the coin that it supposedly have redeemed. Anyone can provide any information on the characters imprinted in black ink on front and back? Maybe some validation (either private or official)?
The Mexican Dollar in question is not the 1913 peso shown in the OP but the old Mexican 8 real coin, the original "pieces of eight". It was otherwise known as the Mexican Trade Dollar. It gained wide acceptance in the Far East for its silver purity during the early to mid 1800s. This popularity prompted the US to try to compete and led to the introduction of the US Trade Dollar. It never gained as much acceptance as the Mexican Dollar. The Chinese characters scribbled on the OPS note may either be a verification of authenticity or lack thereof (I am not up on my Chinese) similar to the chopmarks found on coins. Here is my HSBC (yes the same HSBC that operated worldwide today) Mexican Dollar note. The back has a dirty poem scribbled on it in Chinese.
I love the con as well. Very nicely designed! lol i never knew what HSBC stood for.. and they are in my area
Great info!!!! VERY INTERESTING! Thanks for sharing your note, in much better condition, earlier date and better institution than mine. Well done! Gracias for sharing. Here are a couple 8 reales of 1892 to math your note, both of these have an overdate of 2/0. The first was minted at the Alamos' mint second was minted in Guanajuato... I hope you guys like them.
I think I want to buy more 8 reales coins... Even though, I'm an American collector... (I collect american coins) I do have a small collection of foreign coins, but I sold some of them, for a little over silver bullion price
Translation Mexican, very nice note and coin! The characters written on the front of the note are a persons name. The top character is the persons last name (Ma) middle character or middle name is (Man) and the bottom character or first name is (Park). So the persons name written on the note is Park Man Ma. My friend that translated the characters said that the last name Ma is very common in China and it must be for her last name is also Ma. As for the writing on the back of the note she said that it's not Chines. Lou
It probabli is from Mexico City's Mint, the two "s" are for "granos" and "dineros" and all reales' coins (after 1823) showed that reading on them as common legend which in old Spanish meant a silver content of 902.7 pure.