1 Peso State of Durango

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.