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1 Centavo Gobierno
| Issuer | Gobierno de Nuevo León |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1992) |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress design within a ruled rectangular border. The central vignette consists of a winged wheel with a columnar device set within an oval medallion, flanked by spread wings. 'NUEVO-LEÓN' is inscribed across the top, 'VALE' to the lower left and 'CENT.' to the lower right, with the date '1914' in large numerals along the bottom. |
| Reverse lettering | Nuevo-León / Vale 1 Cent. / 1914 |
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Nuevo León issued its own fractional emergency paper during the Revolutionary period when coin shortages made small-denomination transactions nearly impossible across northern Mexico. These Gobierno issues were local solutions — authorized by the state government rather than any national banking authority — and circulated within a tight regional economy already disrupted by factional conflict between Constitutionalist and Huertista forces in 1914.
At 52 × 29 mm, this is among the smallest pieces of paper money produced during the Mexican Revolution. Survival rates for these cartones are poor; the paper was cheap, the notes were handled constantly, and few were preserved.