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2 Pesos La Tesoreria General Del Estado
| Issuer | Tesorería General del Estado de Yucatán |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S1136 |
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| Reverse description | Green print with a red seal. At center, a vignette of the facade of the Governor's Palace at Uxmal, a pre-Columbian Maya structure, rendered in fine engraved style. Decree and denomination legends are arranged in the surrounding registers. |
| Reverse lettering | GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA DE YUCATAN ESTE BILLETE CIRCULARÁ CONFORME AL DECRETO Nº 550 DE MAYO 23 DE 1916 DOS PESOS ORO NACIONAL (Translation: Constitutionalist Government of Yucatan This bill will circulate in accordance with Decree number 550 of May 23, 1916 Two Pesos national gold) |
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Yucatán's 1916 fractional and low-denomination issues were products of a genuinely chaotic moment — the state was functionally operating as a semi-independent economic unit, with Governor Salvador Alvarado controlling currency policy while the broader Mexican Revolution disrupted federal supply lines and rendered central bank notes scarce or unacceptable in the peninsula.
Parsons Trading Company at 17 Battery Place was a commercial importer-exporter, not a specialist security printer. The choice reflects expediency rather than preference — established engravers were busy, expensive, or politically complicated to engage across wartime borders.