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1 Peso Tesorería General del Estado
| Issuer | Tesorería General del Estado de Chihuahua |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Currency | Peso (1913-1915) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on plain paper, with a simple rectangular border frame enclosing all text. The denomination UN PESO is set in large bold type at centre, flanked by ornamental pointer devices, beneath the issuing authority legend and bearer clause. The date and the printed name of Provisional Governor General Francisco Villa appear in the lower central field, with two manuscript signatures below assigned to the Tesorero General del Estado and the Interventor respectively; serial numbers and series letter are printed in red at the top margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE T No 49277 TESORERIA GENERAL DEL ESTADO EL PRESENTE ES VALIDO, AL PORTADOR, POR →* UN PESO *← Chihuahua, 10 de diciembre de 1913. Gobernador Provisional del Estado, GRAL. FRANCISCO VILLA Tesorero Gral. del Estado. Interventor. IMP. DEL GOBIERNO CHIHUAHUA (Translation: General State Treasury / The present is valid to the bearer for / ONE PESO / Chihuahua, December 10, 1913. / Provisional Governor of the State, / Gen. Francisco Villa / General State Treasurer. Interventor. / Chihuahua Government Printer) |
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The Tesorería General del Estado de Chihuahua issued emergency fractional currency throughout 1913 as the revolution utterly disrupted normal commerce and drained coin from circulation. Chihuahua was effectively Villista territory by this point, and state-level treasury notes became the practical medium of exchange precisely because federal currency was distrusted or simply unavailable.
Printed in-house by the government's own press, the production quality reflects wartime expediency rather than any considered monetary design program. Notes from this series are frequently found with cancellations, overstamps, or manuscript annotations — artifacts of a treasury improvising under pressure.