Catalog
10 Centavos Division del Bravo
| Issuer | Division del Bravo, Cuartel General (State of Nuevo León) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 152 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on gray underprint, with the large bold heading REPUBLICA MEXICANA across the top and a central vignette of the Mexican eagle perched with serpent, flanked by the curved inscriptions DIVISION DEL BRAVO and CUARTEL GENERAL. The denomination 10¢ appears in scalloped cartouches at upper right and lower left corners, with the promise-to-pay text and place-date inscription in script lettering across the lower register. Serial number and series designation are printed in red, and three manuscript signatures appear below their respective role titles. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by a large horizontal guilloche oval underprint extending across the full width of the note, composed of symmetrical acanthus scroll work and lathe-work rosettes. A smaller flanking scroll motif appears at each side, and the forced-circulation legend is set within the central guilloche band. Red serial numerals appear in the upper corners on this side as well. |
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The División del Bravo was a constitutionalist military force operating in the northeast during the Mexican Revolution, and like most regional commands in 1913–1914, it resorted to issuing its own scrip when conventional currency dried up. These cuartel general notes were functional instruments of military logistics — paying troops, requisitioning supplies — not instruments of any central banking authority. Nuevo León saw several competing emission authorities during this period, and attribution of surviving notes to specific campaigns or commanders is often uncertain.
Paper quality and ink adhesion on this series are notoriously inconsistent, a direct consequence of field printing conditions.