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5 Pesos Gobierno Provisional de México
| Issuer | Gobierno Provisional de México |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 186 × 83 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | GOBIERNO PROVISIONAL DE MEXICO MEXICO, OCTUBRE 20 de 1914 LA TESORERIA RECIBIRA Y PAGARA ESTE BILLETE DE ACUERDO CON EL DECRETO DE 10 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1914. MEXICO OFICINA DEL GOBIERNO REVALIDADO por decreto de 17 de diciembre de 1914 Mexico oficina del gobierno (Translation: Provisional Government of Mexico Mexico, October 20, 1914 The treasury will receive and pay this bill in accordance with the decree of 10 September 1914 Revalidated by decree of 17 December 1914 Mexico Office of the Government) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green with intricate guilloche lacework filling the field. At centre, a large oval vignette reproduces the obverse of a Mexican 1 Peso coin ("REPUBLICA MEXICANA", dated 1908) set within a sunburst rosette. Two red circular government validation seals are applied at upper left and upper right, each bearing an eagle device. Denomination numerals "5" appear in the four corners within rosette frames, and two text cartouches flank the central vignette carrying the circulation legend. |
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The Gobierno Provisional de México — Victoriano Huerta's administration — issued a flood of paper currency in 1914 as the regime's finances collapsed under pressure from Constitutionalist forces. These notes were part of a broader desperation issue; with customs revenues seized and foreign credit exhausted, provisional paper became the primary tool for paying troops and government obligations. Confidence in it was nearly zero from the outset.
By late 1914, Carranza's forces had declared all Huertista currency null and void. Much of it was repudiated and burned, which complicates survival rates across the series.