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1 Peso El Estado de Chihuahua
| Issuer | State of Chihuahua |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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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 in blue with red control numbers, letters, and seal; the central vignette presents an exterior view of the Government Palace of Chihuahua city, flanked on either side by two griffon figures. The overall composition is framed by a guilloche border typical of the period's Mexican revolutionary state issues. |
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Chihuahua issued its own currency during the Revolution because it had to. With federal monetary authority collapsed and Villista forces controlling much of the north, state and municipal governments printed their own paper to keep commerce moving. The S530 series was part of a flood of regional emissions between 1913 and 1915, many of which were repudiated outright once Carrancista authority consolidated — leaving large quantities unredeemed and surviving in quantity today.
Condition varies sharply within this series due to uneven paper stock and inconsistent inking at the time of printing.