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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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| Size | 119 × 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on plain paper. At left, an allegorical female vignette holds a sword in her right hand and a set of scales in her left, symbolic of justice. At right, the denomination is rendered within an ornate guilloche panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | GOBIERNO CONVENCIONISTA DE MEXICO Vale provisional al portador por la cantidad de cinco pesos que que- dan garantizados en el Departa- mento de Caja de la Tsoreria de la Federación, con el DEPOSITO CONSTITUIDO en Billetes `Revalidados,` emitidos por el Gobierno Provisional. Cuernavaca, octubre 12 de 1915. (Translation: CONVENTIONIST GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO Provisional bearer voucher for the amount of five pesos that are guaranteed in the Cash Department of the Treasury of the Federation, with the DEPOSIT CONSTITUTED in `Revalidated` Tickets, issued by the Provisional Government. Cuernavaca, October 12, 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.