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20 Pesos Gobierno Provisional de Mexico
| Issuer | Gobierno Provisional de Mexico (State of Veracruz) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 20 Pesos (20 MXP) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on brown underprint with red serial numbers. At left, a vignette of a seated Liberty figure holding a plaque in her right hand and an olive branch in her left. At centre, the Mexican national arms — an eagle with a serpent in its beak, perched on a nopal cactus rising from Lake Texcoco — with the volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl visible in the background. |
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| Obverse lettering | VERACRUZ DECIEMBRE 1º DE 1914 LA TESORERIA RECIBIRA Y PAGARA ESTE BILLETE DE ACUERDO CON EL DECRETO 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1914. MEXICO OFICINA DEL GOBIERNO |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in red on plain paper, the reverse centres on a large circular guilloche vignette reproducing the engraved image of a Mexican Peso coin — showing the national arms and the legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA — surrounded by elaborate lathe-work rosette and lozenge ornaments. A circular red seal of the Secretaría de Hacienda is applied at upper left, and the denomination numerals 20 appear in ornamental cartouches at all four corners. |
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