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5 Pesos República Mexicana - Gobierno Constitucionalista
| Issuer | Gobierno Constitucionalista de México |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA V 5 V CINCO PESOS (Translation: Mexican Republic Constitutionalist Government Five Pesos) |
| Reverse description | Green intaglio print with the Piedra del Sol (Aztec Sun Stone) vignette at centre, flanked left and right by numeral '5' set within rosettes. The national seal is printed in blue at the lower right. |
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The Constitutionalist government under Carranza ordered enormous quantities of paper currency from ABNCo during 1914–1915, a practical necessity given that the faction controlled no functioning mint and faced rival revolutionary currencies from Villista and Zapatista forces circulating simultaneously. Acceptance was never guaranteed — merchants in many regions refused Constitutionalist notes outright, and exchange rates between competing revolutionary issues fluctuated wildly from town to town.
Edwin Gunn and Charles Skinner were both senior ABNCo engravers with long careers on Latin American government contracts. Their involvement suggests this wasn't a rushed emergency printing but a properly commissioned series.