Felipe Riveros in Culiacán

Decree núm. 17

However, Riveros still wanted to issue up to $1m and was seeking Carranza’s authority. On 28 October Carranza told Riveros that he had contacted a J. Webb, a printer in Los Angeles, and told him to come to Hermosillo, Sonora to discuss the proposition. Carranza wanted to avoid any notes being seized by the American authorities, which had happened with the Monclova issue^{AIF, RM/V, 1-015, Consecutivas cartas enviados por Venustiano Carranza}.

On 14 November 1913 the rebels had taken the state capital, Culiacán. With Carranza’s blessing, decree núm. 17^{[text neeeded]}, of 13 December, authorized another $500,000 in 25 series (Series A bis to T bis, W, U bis, V bis, X bis, Y bis) each composed of 2,500 $1, 2,500 $5 and 500 $10 notes.

These notes had the new location, Culiacán, and José G. Heredia, as secretary.

José G. Heredia was born in Llano Grande, Sinaloa, in 1886.

When he was in San Blas, Riveros created a new cabinet with Heredia as Secretario General de Gobierno^{El Constitucionalista, Saltillo, núm. 75, 16 June 1914}.

As well as serving as Secretario General de Gobierno and a federal Senator, he was a distinguished historian, writing Apuntes para la historia de la guerra de Independencia en el Estado de Sinaloa.

He died in 1962.

	Series	from	to	total number	total value
$1	A bis			2,500	2,500
	B bis			2,500	2,500
	C bis			2,500	2,500
	D bis			2,500	2,500
	E bis			2,500	2,500
	F bis			2,500	2,500	includes number 600327^{CNBanxico #6149}
	G bis			2,500	2,500
	H bis			2,500	2,500	includes number 604996^{CNBanxico #6148}
	I bis			2,500	2,500
	J bis			2,500	2,500	includes number 609959^{CNBanxico #12030} to 610457
	K bis			2,500	2,500
	L bis			2,500	2,500
	M bis			2,500	2,500
	N bis			2,500	2,500
	O bis			2,500	2,500
	P bis			2,500	2,500
	Q bis			2,500	2,500
	R bis			2,500	2,500
	S bis			2,500	2,500
	T bis			2,500	2,500
	W			2,500	2,500
	U bis			2,500	2,500
	V bis			2,500	2,500
	X bis			2,500	2,500
	Y bis			2,500	2,500
$5	A bis			2,500	12,500
	B bis			2,500	12,500
	C bis			2,500	12,500
	D bis			2,500	12,500	includes numbers 336286^{CNBanxico #6152} to 336994^{CNBanxico #6151}
	E bis			2,500	12,500
	F bis			2,500	12,500
	G bis			2,500	12,500	includes number 318895^{CNBanxico #6155}
	H bis			2,500	12,500
	I bis			2,500	12,500
	J bis			2,500	12,500	includes number 371834^{CNBanxico #12032}
	K bis			2,500	12,500
	L bis			2,500	12,500
	M bis			2,500	12,500	includes number 380187^{CNBanxico #12031}
	N bis			2,500	12,500	includes number 382101^{CNBanxico #6156}
	O bis			2,500	12,500	includes number 385723^{CNBanxico #6153}
	P bis			2,500	12,500
	Q bis			2,500	12,500
	R bis			2,500	12,500	includes number 548369^{CNBanxico #6150}
	S bis			2,500	12,500	includes number 549485
	T bis			2,500	12,500
	W			2,500	12,500
	U bis			2,500	12,500
	V bis			2,500	12,500
	X bis			2,500	12,500
	Y bis			2,500	12,500	includes number 568870^{CNBanxico #6154}
$10	A bis			500	5,000
	B bis			500	5,000
	C bis			500	5,000
	D bis			500	5,000
	E bis			500	5,000	includes number 548369^{CNBanxico #6150}
	F bis			500	5,000
	G bis			500	5,000
	H bis			500	5,000
	I bis			500	5,000
	J bis			500	5,000
	L bis			500	5,000	includes number 320459^{CNBanxico #12033}
	M bis			500	5,000
	N bis			500	5,000
	O bis			500	5,000
	P bis			500	5,000
	Q bis			500	5,000
	R bis			500	5,000
	S bis			500	5,000
	T bis			500	5,000
	W			500	5,000
	U bis			500	5,000	includes numbers 324895 to 325158^{CNBanxico #12034}
	V bis			500	5,000	includes numbers 325343^{CNBanxico #6157} to 325769
	X bis			500	5,000	includes number 326133^{CNBanxico #6158}
	Y bis			500	5,000
					$500,000

On 20 January 1914 the Correo de la Tarde in Huertista held Mazatlán reported that the revolutionaries in Tepic had ordered the supression of these notes, nicknamed ‘yoyomos’, in favour of pesos produced in El Rosario and the Monclova issue^{El Correo de la Tarde, Año XXIX, Núm. 9370, 20 January 1914}. However, on 28 February Carranza, from his headquarters at Nogales, Sonora, made the issues that had been issued, with his approval, by the Constitutionalist governments in Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas forced circulation throughout the territory dominated by the Constitutionalist government, and the Sinaloa notes were accepted, though with difficulty, in neighbouring states.

After the Carranza-Villa split, the Riveros’ issues continued to be listed by the Villistas among the notes of forced circulation, but were disowned by the Carrancistas and Carranza never made any provision for any sort of retirement, despite the fact that he had given his blessing to the earlier issues.

On 5 December 1914 the Convencionist president, general Gutiérrez, confirmed Riveros as governor. In late December Riveros visited Guitérrez and Villa in Mexico City^{Vida Nueva, 22 December 1914: El Monitor, 22 December 1914} to discuss the campaign. On 30 December Riveros was allotted $300,000 for the expenses of his brigade (para haberes de tropa y oficialidad de la Brigada Riveros)^{AHSDN, Archivo de Cancelados ac, exp. Gral. Felipe Riveros, xi/111/3-1439, f. 3}. On 2 January 1915 the Secretario de Guerra y Marina, General José Isabel Robles, notified Riveros that he had been named Comandante Militar with full powers, and that, if the circumstances demanded, he was authorised to issue paper currency^{AHSDN, Archivo de Cancelados ac, exp. Gral. Felipe Riveros, xi/111/3-1439, f. 8}.

At the end of December 1915 Manuel M. Díeguez, Jefe de Operaciones en el Noroeste, from Esperanza, Sonora, told the Jefe de Hacienda in Mazatlán, Alejandro Duhagón, that since the circulation of Durango and Riveros notes was contrary to Carranza’s decree and another from his own Cuartel General he had decided to set a period of fifteen days from 1 January for holders to hand them in to the Jefatura and its dependencies in return for a certificate of deposit. Thereafter they would be considered null and void^{Periódico Oficial, Sinaloa, Tomo VII, Núm. 3, 6 January 1916}.