Issuer: Tesoreria General del Estado de Chihuahua

 

SCWPM Catalog No.: P-S551e

 

CEMPM No.: MI-CHI-9

 

Date: 10 December 1913

 

Denomination: 25 Centavos

 

Condition: Extra Fine, five light vertical folds, sharp edges, clean paper.

 

Description: Black on light red underprinting, uniface, small black circular treasury stamp on reverse. This popular series is a military issue of the Mexican Revolution, and although the note states the issuer as the General State Treasury of Chihuahua, they were issued by the famous General Francisco “Pancho” Villa, whose name appears on the front of the note with the title of Provisional Governor of the State. These banknotes were issued primarily to pay Villa’s troops and to cover his military expenses. This is a very well known series of Mexican Revolutionary banknotes. Printed by the State Print Shop of Chihuahua.