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1 Sol Iquitos Revolution, Guillermo Cervantes
| Issuer | Loreto, Federal State of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 115 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | CHEQUE PROVISIONAL DE CIRCULACION FORZOSA EMITIDO CON LA GARANTIA DE LA DEUDA DEL ESTADO, RENTAS FISCALES Y DEPARTAMENTALES IQUITOS 1º DE OCTUBRE 1921 UN SOL CAP. JEFE POLITICO Y MILITAR ADMOR. DE LA ADUANA (Translation: Provisional Check Of Forced Circulation Issued With The Guarantee Of The Debt Of State, Tax and Departmental Rents Iquitos October 1st., 1921 One Sol Captain Political and Military Chief Manager of the Custom House) |
| Reverse description | Central oval vignette of a seated female allegorical figure holding a staff and scales, consistent with classical representations of Justice or the Republic, enclosed within a circular guilloche border. The arched legend "Cheque Provisional Peru" spans the upper portion, while the denomination "Un Sol" appears in bold lettering below the vignette and in two flanking cartouches to the left and right. The numeral "1" is repeated in each corner within ornamental frames. |
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The Federal State of Loreto declared its short-lived secession from Peru in 1921 under the leadership of Guillermo Cervantes, and these emergency notes were among the few concrete administrative acts the movement managed to produce. Printed locally by El Oriente — a newspaper press in Iquitos pressed into service as a currency printer — the issue reflects the extreme isolation of the Amazonian department and its near-total dependence on whatever equipment was at hand.
The rebellion collapsed within weeks, leaving most of these notes unredeemed. Surviving examples tend to carry folds from actual handling rather than vault storage.