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1 Peso State of Durango
| Issuer | State of Durango |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Peso (1914) |
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| Reverse description | Black printing on plain paper with a central landscape vignette of Victoria de Durango, the state capital. Seated lions flank the central scene on either side, with the face value expressed in numerals and words at all four corners. Two red official circular seals are positioned to the left and right of the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 UN PESO (Translation: One Peso) |
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Durango's state government began issuing its own paper money in 1914 as federal authority collapsed during the Revolution and Carrancista forces disrupted the supply of nationally recognized currency across the northern states. These emergency emissions were a direct administrative response to coin hoarding — silver and copper had essentially vanished from daily commerce, and commerce couldn't wait.
Litografía M. Gómez was a local commercial press, not a security printer, and it shows. The series is known for inconsistent ink coverage and variable impression depth across surviving examples — a consequence of printing financial instruments on equipment designed for trade cards and commercial jobwork.