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5 pesos Tesorería General del Estado de Yucatán
| Issuer | Tesorería General del Estado de Yucatán |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 5 Pesos (5 MXP) |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green note with a central guilloche medallion bearing a large ornate gold numeral 'V' within a wreath, flanked on the left by an allegorical seated female figure surrounded by agricultural and maritime implements. The upper border carries the inscriptions 'REPÚBLICA MEXICANA' and 'ESTADO DE YUCATAN' in a decorative banner, with a ribbon scroll reading 'LA TESORERÍA GENERAL DEL ESTADO'. Two manuscript signatures appear at the lower portion beneath the titles 'EL GOBERNADOR' and 'EL TESORERO GENERAL', with the place of issue 'Mérida, Yuc., Mex.' printed to the right and the denomination 'CINCO PESOS' in bold letterpress below the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA MEXICANA ESTADO DE YUCATAN LA TESORERÍA GENERAL DEL ESTADO Nº Pagará AL PORTADOR Mérida, Yuc., Mex. LA CANTIDAD DE CINCO PESOS EL GOBERNADOR EL TESORERO GENERAL ORO NACIONAL 5 CINCO 5 CINCO PESOS 5 CINCO 5 |
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Yucatán's wartime financial isolation made outside printing the only practical option. The peninsula's remoteness during the Mexican Revolution — compounded by Carrancista political tensions and an export economy running almost entirely on henequen — left state authorities unable to rely on Mexico City for monetary supply. Parsons Trading Co. was a commercial firm, not a specialist security printer, which shows in the relative simplicity of the execution.
The stamp constitutes the primary authentication device — a meaningful vulnerability given how aggressively revolutionary-era Mexican state issues were counterfeited.