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MEXICAN REVOLUTION OVERPRINT NOTE

This hundred-year-old 1 Peso note served on both sides of the Mexican Revolution. It was originally printed September 1914 in Mexico City under the authority of Constitutionalist government of Venustiano Carranza.  In December 1914 Carranza and his government was forced to flee the capital due to the approaching forces of Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.  After taking control of Mexico City, Villa had the Carranza banknotes overprinted in red “REVALIDADO Por Decreto de 17 de Diciembre de 1914” (Revalidated by Decree of December 17, 1914).  Villa was then forced from the city in early 1915, leaving behind this numismatic legacy of the Mexican Revolution.  The front of the note features the Eagle and Snake on an island in Lake Texcoco with the Iztaccihuatl (Ixtaccíhuatl) and Popocatepetl volcanoes in the background.  To the left is Liberty seated holding an olive branch and shield.  The back of the note features a Mexican silver Peso dated 1908.

MEXICAN REVOLUTION BANKNOTE SET FROM SONORA

 

This three note set includes the 25 Centavos, 50 Centavos and 1 Peso note issued by the State of Sonora during the Mexican Revolution. The notes are dated March 1, 1915.  All three notes have a similar design.  The fronts feature the portraits of Francisco I Madero on the left and Jose Maria Pino Suarez on the right.  The backs feature the Mexican Eagle eating a snake and the denomination.  In 1911, shortly after General Porfiro Diaz resigned, Madero was elected President with Pino his Vice President.  In 1913 Victoriano Huerta staged a coup and had Madero and Suarez assassinated.  The notes were printed by the American Banknote Company in New York.  All three notes are Uncirculated.

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