{"product_id":"mexico-state-of-chihuahua-1914-1-peso-dos-caritas-pancho-villa-issue-569","title":"Mexico – State of Chihuahua 1914 1 Peso \"Dos Caritas\" (Pancho Villa Issue) (568)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"item-specifics\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"specs-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec-pair\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec-pair\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description-text\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eMexico – State of Chihuahua 1914 1 Peso \"Dos Caritas\" (Pancho Villa Issue)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eIssuing Authority:\u003c\/b\u003e State of Chihuahua (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"39\"\u003eEl Estado de Chihuahua\u003c\/i\u003e) under General Francisco \"Pancho\" Villa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eDenomination:\u003c\/b\u003e 1 Peso (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"22\"\u003eUn Peso\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePlate Decree Date:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"19\"\u003e10 de Febrero de 1914\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"42\"\u003eChihuahua, Chihuahua, México\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"8\"\u003eSerie A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalog Reference:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"19\"\u003ePick # S534 \/ S535\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSerial Number:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"15\"\u003e\u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"2,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"15\"\u003e№ 7669568\u003c\/code\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Printed in red typography at lower left and lower right)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,6,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFace Portraits:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"2,6,1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,6,1,0,0\"\u003eLeft: \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,6,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"6\"\u003eAbraham González\u003c\/b\u003e (Revolutionary Governor of Chihuahua and Villa's mentor, murdered 1913)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,6,1,1,0\"\u003eRight: \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,6,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eFrancisco I. Madero\u003c\/b\u003e (President of Mexico, assassinated during the \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,6,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"73\"\u003eDecena Trágica\u003c\/i\u003e in 1913)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,7,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eReverse Vignette:\u003c\/b\u003e The \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"22\"\u003eChihuahua State Government Palace\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"57\"\u003ePalacio de Gobierno\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,8,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eReverse Markings:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"2,8,1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,8,1,0,0\"\u003eRed scalloped circular handstamp: \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,8,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"34\"\u003e\u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"2,8,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"34\"\u003eTesorería General del Estado - Chihuahua\u003c\/code\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,8,1,1,0\"\u003eRed control series overprint: \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,8,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"30\"\u003e\u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"2,8,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"30\"\u003eF-GSN\u003c\/code\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e on the left flank\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,8,1,2,0\"\u003eCenter: Plain\/undated across the palace courtyard (no central red datestamp like the previous \u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"2,8,1,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"94\"\u003e4-1-15\u003c\/code\u003e note)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\"\u003eKnown universally as the \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"25\"\u003e\"Dos Caritas\" (Two Little Faces)\u003c\/b\u003e banknote, this was the primary circulating currency financing Pancho Villa’s \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"135\"\u003eDivisión del Norte\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\"\u003eUnlike your previous note with the central red \u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"47\"\u003e4-1-15\u003c\/code\u003e issuance stamp, this example carries a red \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"97\"\u003e\u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"97\"\u003eF-GSN\u003c\/code\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e block series overprint alongside the official Chihuahua Treasury seal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5,2,0\"\u003eThese variable letter control stamps were used by Villa’s treasury throughout late 1914 and 1915 to track emission batches, manage distribution, and verify genuine treasury issues against the flood of counterfeit scrip produced in border areas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTechnical \u0026amp; Visual Assessment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTechnical Grade:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"17\"\u003eVery Fine (VF 20)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePreservation Highlights:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePaper Body \u0026amp; Folds:\u003c\/b\u003e Fully intact paper with honest commercial circulation. It displays a defined, somewhat darkened vertical center fold and light secondary handling creases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eMargins \u0026amp; Edges:\u003c\/b\u003e Complete margins on all four sides with no major tears, edge bites, or internal paper splits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSurface Toning:\u003c\/b\u003e Displays moderate, authentic environmental age-toning and light circulation soiling around the borders, typical of unwashed 1914–1915 revolutionary scrip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePrint Clarity:\u003c\/b\u003e Strong, sharp contrast on the engraved portraits of Madero and González, bold red serial numbers \u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"112\"\u003e7669568\u003c\/code\u003e, and vivid red ink on both the \u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"151\"\u003eTesorería General\u003c\/code\u003e seal and the \u003ccode data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"182\"\u003eF-GSN\u003c\/code\u003e block overprint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .item-specifics, .item-description {font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 16px;}\n  .title {font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0 0 8px 0;}\n  .specs-grid {display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 12px 24px;}\n  .spec-pair {display: grid; grid-template-columns: 120px 1fr; gap: 8px;}\n  .spec-name {font-weight: bold; color: #111;}\n  .spec-value {color: #333;}\n  .description-text {margin-top: 8px; line-height: 1.4; color: #333;}\n\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"JV Coins \u0026 Currency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50688624754946,"sku":"v1|168693140843|0","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0844\/7393\/8178\/files\/s-l1600_ce32a9f0-ff22-47a7-bd6c-39df451ea153.jpg?v=1791483732","url":"https:\/\/jvcoinscurrency.com\/products\/mexico-state-of-chihuahua-1914-1-peso-dos-caritas-pancho-villa-issue-569","provider":"JV Coins \u0026 Currency","version":"1.0","type":"link"}