An Impossible Set
Mexico: Gobierno Constitucionalista del Estado Lib

Slot Comment:

1915 saw the mid-stage of the Revolution in Mexico and a national currency was lacking however a medium of exchange was still needed for economic transactions and local issues filled the gap. In September 1915 the Governor of Veracruz authorised an issue of small denomination ‘cartones’ (5, 10 and 2...
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Set Details
Note Description: Mexico - Revolutionary
20 Centavos - Veracruz-Llave
Grade: 66 EPQ
Country: Mexico - Revolutionary
Note Number: MRVS1096
Signatures/
Vignettes: 		Gobierno Constitucionalista
del Estado Libre y Soberano
Comment: Exceptional Paper Quality
Certification #: 5003415-006
Owner: ColonialCoinsUK
Set Category: World
Set Name: An Impossible Set
Slot Name: Mexico: Gobierno Constitucionalista del Estado Lib
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

The representative ‘note’ for this Set is a 20 centavos from Series 2 of the issue (S1096/M3966). A number of firsts for the collection result from this note 1) the first pasteboard note 2) the smallest note at 53 × 31 mm and 3) an unrecorded Series letter(s) as Z. R. – one of the 1916 issues? The signature, also in red, is Armando Deschamps, a well-respected local businessman, who was appointed Tesorero General in 1915.

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