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10 Centavos Gobierno Constitucionalista de Mexico
| Issuer | Gobierno Constitucionalista de México |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1992) |
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| Obverse description | Small-format carton note with rounded corners, printed in dark blue-grey on plain card stock. A central vignette shows a standing female allegorical figure of Justice, crowned and robed, holding scales in her right hand; the text 'GOBIERNO CONSTITU- CIONALISITA DE MEXICO' arcs around the upper border. The denomination '10¢' appears in each corner within circular frames, with 'TRANSITORIO' running vertically along both side borders, and 'SERIE N / No.' at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of the Mexican national eagle — a spread-winged eagle perched on a cactus with a serpent in its beak — rendered in letterpress in dark blue-grey on plain card stock. 'REPUBLICA MEXICANA' is inscribed across the upper field, and the bold denomination legend 'VALE 10 CENTAVOS' runs along the lower portion; '10¢' appears in each of the four rounded corners. |
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The Gobierno Constitucionalista notes of 1914 were emergency cartón emissions authorized by Venustiano Carranza as his revolutionary faction fought to displace Victoriano Huerta's regime. Printed under improvised conditions — often locally, without access to professional security printing facilities — the series prioritized speed over sophistication. The cardboard substrate rather than proper banknote paper was a practical concession to wartime scarcity, not a design choice.
Forgeries circulated almost immediately, and Carranza's own treasury struggled to control which emissions were genuine.