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1 Peso El Estado de Durango
| Issuer | State of Durango |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse presents a dense guilloche framework forming an outer border with four corner medallions each enclosing the numeral '1'. A wide central panel of lighter guilloche underprint serves as background to four lines of cursive script text stating the authorization of the issue by the First Chief of the Constitutionalist Army and its convertibility at par. The overall design is austere, relying solely on lathe-work patterns and the central text block with no pictorial vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Esta emisión está autorizada por el Primer Jefe del Ejército Constitucionalista. Sus billetes serán canjeados á la par, por la moneda que emita el Gobierno Constitucional de la República. (Translation: This issue is authorized by the First Chief of the Constitutionalist Army. Its notes will be exchanged at par for the currency issued by the Constitutional Government of the Republic.) |
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Durango's 1914 peso issues were produced during one of the most chaotic phases of the Mexican Revolution, when Constitutionalist forces under Domingo Arrieta controlled much of the state and the federal monetary system had effectively collapsed. Individual states, municipalities, and even private companies were printing their own notes out of sheer necessity — not monetary ambition. The S731 belongs to that emergency wave.
Provincial revolutionary issues like this one are notorious for crude printing and poor paper stock, both deliberate and circumstantial. Counterfeiting was widespread enough that some Durango issues were withdrawn and reissued with additional handstamps within weeks of first circulation.