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50 Centavos Ejército Constitucionalista
| Issuer | Ejército Constitucionalista, Estado de San Luis Potosí |
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| Year | 1910 |
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| Size | 55 x 31 mm |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress printing in black on cardboard, with a central allegorical vignette of a seated Liberty figure accompanied by flags and a shield. The issuer legend arcs across the top, with the face value expressed in numerals and the centavo symbol in both upper corners, and in words and figures at center. A six-digit serial number appears as a red overprint, accompanied by a red oval validation seal at left. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 ¢ REPUBLICA MEXICANA VALE 50 ¢ EMISION LOCAL (Translation: 50 Cents Mexican Republic Valid 50 Cents Local Issue) |
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The Ejército Constitucionalista emergency issues from San Luis Potosí belong to the chaotic monetary environment of the Mexican Revolution, when federal currency had collapsed in practical terms across large parts of the country and regional military commanders issued their own notes to pay troops and procure supplies. These fractional cardboard pieces — more chit than banknote — were produced under field conditions with no central printing authority overseeing quality or serialization.
The 1910 date warrants skepticism. Most Constitutionalist issues from San Luis Potosí are better associated with 1913–1915 activity; a piece dated 1910 predates the Constitutionalist movement itself, which formally organized following Huerta's coup in February 1913.