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10 Pesos Gobierno Constitucionalista de Mexico
| Issuer | Gobierno Constitucionalista de México, Monclova |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1992) |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in dark green, the reverse is composed of an intricate all-over guilloche pattern with large lathe-work rosette vignettes at each corner enclosing the numeral 10, flanked by additional ornamental medallions. The issuer's name GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA DE MÉXICO is set in bold sans-serif capitals across the upper field, with the denomination DIEZ PESOS in a central bordered cartouche. A two-line legal circulation clause is printed along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA DE MÉXICO DIEZ PESOS ESTEBILLETE CIRCULARÁ DE ACUERDO CON EL DECRETO DEL 26 DE ABRIL DE 1913 |
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The Constitutionalist government established at Monclova in 1913 by Venustiano Carranza was, at that point, a rebel administration fighting to unseat Victoriano Huerta following the coup against Madero. The notes it issued — including this series — were emergency instruments produced under field conditions, with minimal banking infrastructure and no federal treasury behind them. Carranza's forces issued currency partly to pay troops and partly to assert governmental legitimacy in territory they controlled.
Counterfeiting of Constitutionalist notes was widespread during the Revolution, and the Mexican numismatic record contains multiple documented forgeries of the Monclova issues. Genuine examples warrant close scrutiny of paper stock and typeface consistency.