Catalog
1 Peso Ejército Constitucionalista de México
| Issuer | Ejército Constitucionalista de México |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on pink underprint; at centre, a vignette of the Mexican national eagle perched on a cactus with a serpent in its beak, set against a background of Lake Texcoco with the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Ixtaccíhuatl. The serial number is printed in black, and the overall layout is framed by text blocks bearing the issuing authority and decree references. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red with dense guilloche underprint covering the entire field; at centre, an oval vignette of a Liberty cap radiating rays, inscribed LIBERTAD below. The denomination numeral "1" appears in large print at both left and right, flanking the central vignette, with the circular text of the decree reference split across the face in bold letterpress. A black control seal is applied at upper left. |
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The Ejército Constitucionalista — Venustiano Carranza's constitutionalist forces — issued a flood of emergency paper during 1913–1915 as the revolutionary factions each printed their own currency to fund operations and deny resources to rivals. These notes circulated in a monetary environment of almost total chaos: Villista pesos, Zapatista notes, and Huertista federal currency all competed simultaneously, with exchange rates shifting by the week and merchants frequently refusing all of them.
P#S523 belongs to a series notorious for widespread contemporary counterfeiting, which the Carranza administration itself acknowledged in subsequent circulars.