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50 Pesos La Tesoreria General del Estado de Oaxaca
| Issuer | Tesorería General del Estado de Oaxaca |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Currency | Peso (1915-1916) |
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| Obverse lettering | LA TESORERIA GENERAL DEL ESTADO DE OAXACA Pagará CINCUENTA PESOS al portador en efectivo. Oaxaca de Juárez, 10 de Noviembre de 1915. (Translation: The General Treasury of the State of Oaxaca will pay Fifty Pesos to the bearer in cash. Oaxaca de Juarez, 10 November 1915) |
| Reverse description | Printed in orange over a green underprint, the reverse carries a portrait vignette of President Benito Juárez at left, accompanied by a red seal. The text panel sets out the legal tender decree authorizing forced circulation of the note throughout the State of Oaxaca. |
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Oaxaca's state treasury began issuing its own currency in 1915 because the national supply of coin and federal paper had effectively collapsed under the competing pressures of Villista, Carrancista, and Constitutionalist forces fighting across Mexico. The Tesorería General del Estado de Oaxaca was not a bank — it was a fiscal administrative body pressed into an emergency monetary role, and these notes reflect that improvised origin.
The S960 series is among the more straightforward of the Oaxacan state emissions, but forgeries circulated almost immediately. Genuine examples typically show consistent letterpress impression; suspect copies often reveal uneven ink density across the serial numbering.