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2 Pesos División del Bravo
| Issuer | División del Bravo, State of Nuevo León |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on gray underprint with red serial numbers. The centre vignette shows the Mexican eagle emblem, flanked by the text 'REPUBLICA MEXICANA' in large letters across the top and 'DIVISION DEL BRAVO / CUARTEL GENERAL' above the eagle. The promise-to-pay text, date, and denomination 'Dos Pesos' appear across the lower half, with three manuscript signature lines attributed to El Jefe de Hacienda, El General en Jefe, and El Gobernador del Estado. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA DIVISION DEL BRAVO CUARTEL GENERAL La Nación Pagará al Portador Monterrey, a 8 de Enero de 1914 en efectivo Dos Pesos No. [serial] Serie B. EL JEFE DE HACIENDA EL GENERAL EN JEFE EL GOBERNADOR DEL ESTADO (Translation: MEXICAN REPUBLIC / DIVISION OF THE BRAVO / GENERAL HEADQUARTERS / The Nation will pay / to the Bearer / Monterrey, 8 January 1914 / in cash / Two Pesos) |
| Reverse description | Printed in green, the reverse is dominated by a large central guilloche oval enclosing the Mexican national eagle and the inscription 'EJERCITO NACIONAL / DIVISION DEL BRAVO'. The central panel is flanked by elaborate acanthus scroll ornaments extending the full width of the note. Three circular ink stamps are applied — one at left reading 'TESORERIA DE HACIENDA MONTERREY', one at centre, and one at right reading 'EJERCITO ESTADO LIBRE' — with the forced-circulation legend printed in a horizontal band across the middle. |
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