Tesorería Municipal

On 29 September 1915 the state government under Martín Triana authorised an issue of fractional currency (moneda fraccionaria). The amount issued finally rose to $11,500Periódico Oficial, Aguascalientes, 28 May 1916.

These were issued in three denominations (5c, 10c and 20c).

Tesoreria Municipal 20c reverse

  from to total
number		 total
value		  
5c         includes numbers 024244CNBanxico #5 to 027333
10c         includes numbers 091357 to 103980CNBanxico #6
20c         includes numbers 140092 to 144931CNBanxico #7
        $11,500  

 

The state archives include a record of the delivery of 80,000 cartones from a book printerAAguas, caja 418, exp. 11, fojas 11, 1915.

On 23 May 1916 governor Martín Triana set a period until 30 June for the Tesorería Municipal to withdraw these notes, exchanging them for Gobierno Provisional de México notes. Any outstanding notes would be null and void, whilst the Tesorería would incinerate the notes it had collected.