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50 Centavos La Tesoreria General del Estado
| Issuer | Tesorería General del Estado de Yucatán |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1992) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on orange underprint, with green serial numbers. The central vignette presents a rural hut flanked by a palm tree, evoking the regional landscape of Yucatán. The note border incorporates ornamental details inspired by ancient Mayan architectural motifs. |
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| Reverse description | Red-brown letterpress print. The central vignette presents two allegorical female figures flanking a classical architectural element, with an official seal to the left side. The denomination CINCUENTA CENTAVOS appears in large lettering along the lower margin, with the heading GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA along the top. |
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Yucatán's 1916 fractional issues emerged from a period when the peninsula was effectively cut off from central Mexican monetary supply — Carrancista forces controlled the Gulf ports intermittently, and the state treasury resorted to issuing its own small-denomination scrip to keep commerce moving. The Tesorería General series was never intended as a long-term solution; these notes were stopgap instruments tied to the political volatility surrounding Salvador Alvarado's military governorship.
Fractional centavo notes of this type suffered heavy attrition in circulation, which makes survivors in any condition genuinely uncommon. The 1916 Yucatecan issues as a whole remain underrepresented in major collections outside Mexico.