MEXICAN REVOLUTION OVERPRINTED 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 (IxtaccĂhuatl) 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.
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