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10 Pesos Gobierno Provisional de México
| Issuer | Gobierno Provisional de México |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 181 × 81 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | GOBIERNO PROVISIONAL DE MEXICO MEXICO, OCTUBRE 20 DE 1914 LA TESORERIA RECIBIRA Y PAGARA ESTE BILLETE DE ACUERDO CON EL DECRETO DE 10 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1914. MEXICO OFICINA DEL GOBIERNO (Translation: Provisional Government of Mexico Mexico, October 20, 1914 The treasury will receive and pay this bill in accordance with the decree of 10 September 1914 Mexico Office of the Government) |
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| Reverse lettering | ESTE BILLETE CIRCU- LARA DE ACUERDO CON EL DECRETO DE 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1911 (Translation: This bill will circulate in accordance with the decree of 19 September 1911) |
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The Gobierno Provisional de México was Victoriano Huerta's administration — the government formed after the February 1913 coup that ousted and ultimately killed Francisco Madero. Revolutionary factions under Carranza, Villa, and Zapata refused to recognize Huerta's legitimacy from the outset, which meant his paper currency faced immediate rejection across large parts of the country. Notes like this one circulated in an atmosphere of deep political contestation, and their acceptance depended almost entirely on which army controlled the territory you were standing in.
Huerta was forced into exile in July 1914, and the Constitutionalist forces that replaced him wasted no time voiding his emissions. Much of the Provisional government's paper was pulled from use within weeks of his fall.