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50 Centavos Iquitos Revolutionary Government
| Issuer | Loreto, Federal State of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | E. T. El Oriente |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 CHEQUE PROVISIONAL DE CIRCULACION FORZOSA EMITIDO CON LA GARANTIA DE LA DEUDA DEL ESTADO, RENTAS FISCALES Y DEPARTAMENTALES IQUITOS, 1º DE OCTUBRE 1921 UN SOL N° 2466 CAP. JEFE POLITICO Y MILITAR ADMOR. DE LA ADUANA VALE 50 CTVS. (Translation: Provisional check of compelled circulation, issued with the guarantee of the State Debt, Tax and Departmental rents Iquitos October 1st., 1921 Captain Political and Military Chief Manager of the Custom House Valid for 50 Cents.) |
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| Reverse lettering | VALE 50 CENTAVOS VALE 50 CTVS. VALE 50 CENTAVOS (Translation: Valid for 50 cents.) |
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Loreto's declaration as an independent federal state in 1921 was a direct challenge to Lima's centralized authority, and these notes were part of that political assertion — local scrip issued under a revolutionary government that controlled Amazonian Peru for a matter of weeks before being suppressed. The printer, El Oriente, was the regional newspaper of Iquitos; using a press house rather than a security printer reflects exactly how improvised the whole episode was.
Survival rate is low, less from circulation wear than from the note's fundamental illegitimacy once federal ambitions collapsed.