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1 Peso El Estado de Chihuahua
| Issuer | Estado de Chihuahua (State of Chihuahua) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Peso (1913-1915) |
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| Obverse lettering | EL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA PAGARA AL PORTADOR EN EFECTIVO UN PESO, CONFORME AL DECRETO MILITAR DE FECHA 10 DE FEBRERO DE 1914 CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. UN PESO (Translation: The State of Chihuahua will pay to the bearer in cash One Peso according to the military decree dated 10 February 1914) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the reverse presents a central architectural vignette of the Government Palace (Palacio de Gobierno) of Chihuahua city, flanked on either side by heraldic griffon figures. Red control numbers and letters appear alongside a red seal, providing both identification and a basic security element. The composition is typical of Mexican revolutionary-era state emergency currency. |
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Chihuahua's state government began issuing its own paper currency in 1913–1914 under Governor Manuel Chao and, later, Pancho Villa's División del Norte administration — a direct consequence of the near-total collapse of federally issued money during the Huerta period. The Maverick-Clarke Litho Company in San Antonio was the practical choice: it was close, capable, and operating across the border from a state whose own printing infrastructure was essentially nonexistent during active military campaigning.
These Chihuahua state notes circulated alongside a chaotic mix of revolutionary scrip, and their acceptance was often enforced at gunpoint rather than earned through public confidence. Depreciation was rapid once Villa's military fortunes turned after 1915.