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5 Centavos Hdas. de S. Miguel Solis y Anexas

Issuer Haciendas de San Miguel Solís y Anexas
Year 1915
Type Local banknote
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Obverse lettering Hdas. de S. Miguel, Solis y Anexas Estado de Mexico Vale al portador por 5 centavos
(Translation: Hacienda de San Miguel, Solís y Anexas State of Mexico Value to bearer of 5 cents)
Reverse description Printed entirely in blue, the reverse is dominated by an oval vignette at center containing a detailed engraved view of the Hacienda de San Miguel, rendered with cross-hatched shading to convey the building's facade, arched colonnades, ornate entrance gate, and mountainous backdrop. The vignette is surrounded by intricate guilloche lathe-work scrollwork panels and circular rosette motifs, with monogram cartouches in the upper left and upper right corners.
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Hacienda scrip like this 5 Centavos note filled an acute void during the Mexican Revolution, when federal currency collapsed in credibility and coined silver vanished into hoarding almost overnight. San Miguel Solís, a hacienda in the Estado de México, issued these tokens of obligation — redeemable only within the estate's own economy — to keep peons paid and the tienda de raya stocked.

The choice of the American Bank Note Company for a private agricultural scrip issue is telling. ABNC handled the job because their engraved security printing was nearly impossible to counterfeit locally, a real concern when rival factions controlled neighboring territory.

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