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Gobierno Constitucionalista de Yucatán 10 Centavos
| Issuer | Gobierno Constitucionalista de Yucatán |
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| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out on cream pasteboard stock with the issuing authority legend across the upper field and the denomination numeral 10 at the upper right. A circular seal of the Tesorería General del Estado is positioned at center, with the denomination spelled out below in letterpress text. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, visible in the provided image, carries the inscription ESTADO DE YUCATAN across the upper portion, with a faint central vignette understood to be the national coat of arms of Mexico. The legend ORO NACIONAL and VALE DIEZ CENTAVOS appears in bold letterpress across the lower half, with the numeral 10 repeated in the lower corners. |
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Yucatán's Constitutionalist government issued fractional cardboard notes like this one during the Mexican Revolution because silver and copper coinage had virtually vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply unavailable in a region geographically isolated from Mexico City's supply chains. These small-denomination pasteboard pieces were a local improvisation, not a coordinated federal policy.
The cream pasteboard composition makes these exceptionally vulnerable to moisture damage, and the Yucatán climate was not kind to them. Intact survivors are harder to find than their original abundance would suggest.