Chamber of Commerce notes

Zacatecas

On 18 July 1915 Pánfilo Natera authorised the local Chamber of Commerce in Zacatecas^{[text needed]} to issue fractional notes to the total of $50,000. The four denominations (5c, 10c, 20c and 50c) were dated 21 July 1915.

	date on note	Series	from	to	total number	total value
5c	21 July 1915	A
		F					includes number 48367^{CNBanxico #12449}
		M					includes number 7860^{CNBanxico #6580}
10c		A					includes number 47259^{CNBanxico #12450} to 70248
10c		E					includes numbers 82553^{CNBanxico #6581} to 98951^{CNBanxico #6582}
20c		H					includes numbers 29282^{CNBanxico #12451} to 29635^{CNBanxico #6586}
20c		V					includes number 38134
50c		F					includes numbers 19254^{CNBanxico #12452} to 21331^{CNBanxico #6588}
		G
		M					includes number 41701

These were signed by F. H. Valle, president, and J. A. Espino, secretary of the Chamber and Mayor F. Arratia as Interventor.

F. H. Valle
J. A. Espino
F. Arratia

On the reverse, besides referring to the military decree, the notes stated that they were a temporary issue solely for the purpose of facilitating the making of change.

The Carancistas recaptured Zacatecas in August 1915. General Francisco Murguía with the support of the generals Cesáreo Castro and Benjamín Hill took the town and immediately named General Rómulo Figueroa as Interim Governor. On 27 August the Jefe Político, L. T. Villaseñor, put out a flyer, reminding the public that, amongst others, the notes issued by the local Cámara de Comercio were of forced circulation^{AMZac, Jefatura Política, caja [ ], exp. 92, folio 1}.

A Comisión Reguladora del Comercio in Zacatecas was established by governor Carlos Plank on 13 May 1916^{Periódico Oficial, Año 2, Tomo 2, Núm. 40, 13 May 1916}. This validated some of these Chamber of Commerce notes.

Comercio 10 reverse with seal

Withdrawal

By February 1916 the need for these notes had passed and Figueroa ordered their withdrawal. Holders could present them for exchange at the Oficina Reguladora del Comercio.