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10 Centavos - Constitutional Government
| Issuer | Gobierno Constitucionalista del Estado de Veracruz-Llave |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GOBIERNO CONSTITUCIONALISTA DEL EDO. L. Y S. DE VERACRUZ-LLAVE VALE 10 CENTAVOS |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown on white paper, the reverse is centred on a heraldic eagle vignette representing the coat of arms of Veracruz, with wings spread and a crowned shield, flanked on both sides by guilloche rosette panels bearing the numeral '10' in the corners. The word TRANSITORIO appears in bold letterpress on both the left and right flanks. Below the eagle, the series letter and the date 1915 are printed in a ruled cartouche, accompanied by a manuscript signature in magenta ink. A magenta overprint stamp is applied to the upper left area. |
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Veracruz was one of several Mexican states that issued its own fractional currency during the Constitutionalist period, when Carranza's forces controlled the port city and the federal monetary system had effectively collapsed under the competing pressures of Villista, Zapatista, and Huertista scrip. These tiny notes — among the smallest paper money produced in the Mexican Revolution — filled a desperate shortage of small change, silver having disappeared from circulation almost entirely by early 1915.
The "Gobierno Constitucionalista" designation is politically precise: it signals Carrancista authority specifically, distinguishing these issues from the flood of revolutionary paper then competing for public trust across the country. Counterfeiting of fractional Constitutionalist notes was widespread, and genuine examples are difficult to separate from contemporary fakes without reference to known paper stock and serial characteristics.