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5 Pesos Gobierno Convencionista de Mexico
| Issuer | Gobierno Convencionista de Mexico |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S909 |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress print with a red seal. At left, the seal of the Ministry of the Treasury is printed in red. At right, the former coat of arms of the city of Toluca appears as a vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Este billete circulará en todos los Estados de la República conforme al de creto dado en Cuernavaca el dia 1º de octubre de 1915 (Translation: This bill will circulate in all the States of the Republic conforming to the decree given in Cuernavaca the 1st day of October 1915) |
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The Gobierno Convencionista was the administration produced by the Convention of Aguascalientes — the October 1914 attempt by Villista and Zapatista factions to forge a unified revolutionary government against Carranza. It failed politically almost immediately, but the Convencionistas continued issuing paper currency through 1915 as Carranza's Constitutionalist forces steadily reclaimed territory. By mid-1915, after Villa's defeats at Celaya and León, the Convention's authority had effectively collapsed, and its paper with it.
These notes were repudiated by the Carranza government and rendered worthless within months of issue — one reason surviving examples saw little wear.