ING. ALBERTO HIDALGO HERNÁNDEZ

 

He was born in Mexico City, on May 31st, 1952. Superior graduate of the School of Textile Engineering of the Institute Politecnico Nacional Generation 1970 - 1974.

Coin collector since the age of 15, with a significant amount of participation in conventions, exhibitions, congresses and conferences. Currently, he is considered a Numismatic authority nationally and internationally.

He has written articles for the Numismatic Newsletter of the Numismatic Society of Mexico, A.C., He is author of: General Catalog  of Mexican Bill 1822-1980 and co-author of the Complete Encyclopedia of the  Mexican Currency 1822-1980.

 

He has written among other works:

• History of Paper Currency in Mexico
  
• History of the Bank of issue in Mexico
  
• History of the Bank of Queretaro
  
• Characters that appear in the Bills of Mexico
  
• Interpretation of the vignettes in the bills of Mexico
  
• Panoramas, buildings and monuments that appear on the Bills of Mexico
  
• Learn History through the Numismatic: Cristobal Colon, Hernan Cortes, Discovery and Conquest of America.

 

In the Numismatic Society, he has successfully performed the following positions:

• Officer promotion
  
• Delegate expertization
  
• Secretary
  
• President
  
• Treasurer
  
• Adviser

 

He has conducted 34 coin auctions since April 1991 until nowadays.