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5 Pesos El Estado de Chihuahua
| Issuer | State of Chihuahua |
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| Year | 1914-1915 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA PAGARA AL PORTADOR EN EFECTIVO CINCO PESOS, CONFORME AL DECRETO MILITAR DE FECHA 10 DE FEBRERO DE 1914 CHIHUAHUA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. CINCO PESOS (Translation: The State of Chihuahua will pay to the bearer in cash Five Pesos according to the military decree dated 10 February 1914) |
| Reverse description | Printed in red with black control numbers, letters, and seal; the central vignette presents an exterior view of the Government Palace of Chihuahua city, flanked on either side by heraldic griffons. The overall composition is framed by a guilloche border typical of the period. |
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Chihuahua's wartime paper issues are among the more politically charged of the entire Mexican Revolutionary period. Governor Manuel Chao — operating under Pancho Villa's authority — authorized this series as the División del Norte consolidated control over the state, and the notes circulated in a region where competing revolutionary factions each issued their own currency, rendering interchangeability and acceptance entirely dependent on military outcomes.
Norris Peters Co. was a Washington engraving and printing house better known for government document work, an unusual but not unprecedented choice for a Mexican state desperate for a credible foreign-printed issue. The arrangement reflected Villa's pragmatic strategy of projecting institutional legitimacy through production quality.