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10 Centavos Gobierno Constitucionalista de Mexico

Issuer Gobierno Constitucionalista de México
Year 1914
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Reference(s) P#S684
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Obverse lettering GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA DE MEXICO TRANSITORIO SERIE N No. 10¢
Reverse description The reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of the Mexican national eagle — a spread-winged eagle perched on a cactus with a serpent in its beak — rendered in letterpress in dark blue-grey on plain card stock. 'REPUBLICA MEXICANA' is inscribed across the upper field, and the bold denomination legend 'VALE 10 CENTAVOS' runs along the lower portion; '10¢' appears in each of the four rounded corners.
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The Gobierno Constitucionalista notes of 1914 were emergency cartón emissions authorized by Venustiano Carranza as his revolutionary faction fought to displace Victoriano Huerta's regime. Printed under improvised conditions — often locally, without access to professional security printing facilities — the series prioritized speed over sophistication. The cardboard substrate rather than proper banknote paper was a practical concession to wartime scarcity, not a design choice.

Forgeries circulated almost immediately, and Carranza's own treasury struggled to control which emissions were genuine.

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