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20 Centavos Gobierno Provisional de Mexico
| Issuer | Gobierno Provisional de Mexico |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 20 Centavos (0.20 MXP) |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress printing on carton stock, with the Mexican coat of arms centered in the midfield, flanked on either side by the denomination expressed in both numerals and letters. The country name REPUBLICA MEXICANA spans the top, the year 1914 appears at the bottom, and a six-digit serial number is overprinted in red along the lower center. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA Vale 20cts N° 579297 1914 (Translation: Mexican Republic Worth 20 cents 1914) |
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The Gobierno Provisional under Victoriano Huerta — whose regime the U.S. refused to recognize — issued a raft of fractional cardboard notes in 1914 as silver coinage vanished from circulation almost overnight, hoarded by a population with no confidence in any of the competing revolutionary authorities. These cartonero issues were a desperation measure, not a planned monetary instrument.
Paper carton of this size and weight deteriorates readily, and surviving examples with intact corners and legible text are genuinely uncommon for that reason alone.