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10 Pesos República Mexicana - Gobierno Constitucionalista
| Issuer | Gobierno Constitucionalista de México |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, New York, United States |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA MEXICANA GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA 10 DIEZ PESOS (Translation: Mexican Republic Constitutionalist Government Ten Pesos) |
| Reverse description | Entirely engraved in blue, the reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of the Piedra del Sol (Aztec Sun Stone), enclosed within an elaborate guilloche surround. Denomination numeral "10" appears in circular guilloche cartouches to the left and right of the central vignette, and a circular seal of the Mexican Republic is visible in the upper right corner. The printer's imprint runs along the lower margin. |
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The Constitutionalist government under Carranza issued this note during the most chaotic phase of the Revolution, when multiple competing factions — Villistas, Zapatistas, Convencionistas — were each printing their own currencies. Merchants frequently refused all paper money outright; exchange rates between rival issues swung violently day to day. The ABNC contract was partly a political signal, a bid for international legitimacy at a moment when recognition from Washington mattered enormously.
Carranza achieved that recognition in October 1915. Notes already in the field by then gained a brief credibility that earlier Constitutionalist emissions never enjoyed.