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50 Centavos La Tesorería de la Federación, Guaymas
| Issuer | La Tesorería de la Federación, Guaymas |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 50 Centavos (0.50 MXP) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on orange guilloche underprint. The central text panel carries the issuing authority's name 'LA TESORERIA DE LA FEDERACION' in bold capitals, with a large numeral '50' at left within an ornate frame and a vignette of the Mexican eagle on cactus devouring a serpent at upper right. The payment obligation text, series letter, and folio number appear within the guilloche field, with two manuscript signatures at lower left and the place-date 'GUAYMAS, SONORA, MARZO 16 DE 1914' at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | No. [serial] Serie C LA TESORERIA DE LA FEDERACION 50 Pagará al portador de acuerdo con la autorización dada a esta Jefatura en 6 de Septiembre de 1913, la cantidad de CINCUENTA CENTAVOS en efectivo. EL CONTADOR GUAYMAS, SONORA, MARZO 16 DE 1914 |
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Guaymas, a Sonoran port city, became a temporary seat of federal treasury operations during the revolutionary chaos of 1914, when conventional banking infrastructure had effectively collapsed across northern Mexico. These fractional notes — centavos issues in general — were emergency measures to address a crippling shortage of small coin, silver having vanished from circulation through hoarding almost immediately after fighting intensified.
The lithographer, A. Díaz de León e Hijos of Mazatlán, was among the more prolific regional printers supplying revolutionary-era authorities with emergency currency. The Mazatlán press connection to a Guaymas treasury issue reflects how fragmented and improvised the whole production chain had become by mid-1914.