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50 Centavos Division del Bravo
| Issuer | División del Bravo, Cuartel General (State of Nuevo León) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 152 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on a light blue-gray underprint, with the large bold legend 'REPUBLICA MEXICANA' across the upper field and a central vignette of the Mexican eagle perched on a cactus. The denomination '50¢' appears in ornate lathework cartouches at upper right and lower left, with the series letter and red serial number printed in the upper portion. Three manuscript signatures appear at the foot of the note, attributed to the Jefe de Hacienda, the General en Jefe, and the Gobernador del Estado. |
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| Obverse lettering | Republica Mexicana Division del Bravo Cuartel General La Nacion Pagará Cincuenta Centavos al Portador en efectivo Monterrey, a 8 de Enero de 1914. El Jefe de Hacienda El General en Jefe El Gobernador del Estado (Translation: Mexican Republic Division of the Bravo General Headquarters The Nation will pay Fifty Centavos to the bearer in cash Monterrey, 8 January 1914. The Chief of Finance The Commander-in-Chief The Governor of the State) |
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The División del Bravo was a Constitutionalist military force operating in Nuevo León under the broader Carrancista campaign against Huerta's federal government. Like most revolutionary field commands in 1914, it issued its own paper currency out of necessity — the monetary system had fragmented so completely that local military scrip was often the only medium of exchange available within a given zone of control.
Printed in Monterrey rather than shipped from a commercial engraver, these notes show it. Production quality varies considerably across surviving examples, and the paper stock used was whatever was locally available at the time of pressing.