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10 Pesos El Estado de Chihuahua
| Issuer | State of Chihuahua |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 10 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Black and yellow bicolour print with red serial numbers; portrait vignette of Francisco I. Madero at left and Abraham González Casavantes at right. The central field carries the principal obligation text above the denomination, with the issuing authority title across the top margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA PAGARA AL PORTADOR, EN EFECTIVO DIEZ PESOS, CONFORME AL DECRETO MILITAR DE FECHA 10 DE FEBRERO DE 1914 CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. DIEZ PESOS (Translation: The State of Chihuahua will pay to the bearer in cash Ten Pesos according to the military decree dated 10 February 1914) |
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Chihuahua was one of the most militarily active states during the Mexican Revolution, and by 1914 the federal monetary system had effectively collapsed across the north. State and municipal authorities printed their own currency out of necessity — this issue is part of that sprawl of emergency paper, authorized under the revolutionary government controlling the state at the time.
Two separate American firms handled production: Maverick-Clarke in San Antonio took the bulk lithographic work, while Norris Peters in Washington contributed to part of the series. The split printing arrangement is unusual and likely reflects capacity constraints or supply interruptions rather than deliberate design.