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2 Pesos Banco de San Luis Potosí
| Issuer | Banco de San Luis Potosí |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Grey-toned note with a vignette of the bank building at left and a coat-of-arms shield at right; issuer name runs along the top. Face value appears in large numerals and letters at right, with series letter at upper left, red serial numbers at upper right and lower left, three manuscript signatures with printed position titles below, and place and date of issue at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The Mexican coat of arms occupies the centre, encircled by the issuer name; face value in numerals appears on each side of the central vignette. An overprinted oval bank seal is applied at upper left, and the corporate designation "Sociedad Anónima" appears in the legend. |
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The Banco de San Luis Potosí was one of the regional state banks operating under Mexico's 1897 banking law, which granted concessions to issue currency in exchange for gold reserve requirements and federal oversight. By 1914 that system was collapsing entirely — revolutionary forces under Villa, Zapata, and Carranza were each printing their own money, federal authority over banking had effectively dissolved, and notes from chartered institutions like this one were increasingly refused in commerce outside their home state.
Whether this particular issue actually circulated widely before being demonetized is uncertain. The state banks were formally liquidated by Carranza's 1916 decree, and surviving examples tend to show either heavy use from a desperate final circulation phase or none at all.