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50 Centavos "Las Dos Estrellas" mining company
| Issuer | Compañía Minera "Las Dos Estrellas" |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in black on plain paper, the voucher carries the issuer's name at the top, with the issuing location (Tlalpujahua, Michoacán) immediately below. The face value is stated at center in both numerals and words, flanked by series designation at upper left and right; red-overprinted five-digit serial numbers appear at upper left and right. Two manuscript signatures with their respective titles (Contador and Gerente) are placed at lower left and right, with the issue date centered along the lower edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE O Nº 10978 COMPAÑIA MINERA "LAS DOS ESTRELLAS" TLALPUJAHUA, MICH. VALE POR 50 Cincuenta Centavos LAS DOS ESTRELLAS 20 DE ENERO DE 1914 CONTADOR. GERENTE. (Translation: "Las Dos Estrellas" Mining Company Tlalpujahua, Michoacán Valid for 50 fifty Cents The two stars January 20th., 1914 Accountant, Manager) |
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Las Dos Estrellas was a silver and gold mine operating in El Oro, State of Mexico, and during the Revolutionary period its management issued scrip to pay workers when federal currency became unreliable or simply unavailable. These emergency emission notes circulated exclusively within the company's own economic orbit — the tienda de raya, the company store system that effectively kept miners indebted and captive to the operation.
The Revolutionary years produced hundreds of such private issues across Mexico, most printed hastily and on poor stock. Survival rates vary sharply depending on whether the issuing company collapsed before redemption.