Gobierno Provisional de México cartones

The first Gobierno Provisional de México cartones were dated 1914 and were issued in September. On 18 September The Mexican Herald reported that the 5c and 10c cartones seem to have disappeared and the only relief was the appearance of the 20c cartones, which were paid out to a number of the civil employees and rapidly found their way into circulation^{The Mexican Herald, 20th Year, No. 6951, 18 September 1914}.

In June 1915 Pruneda sent Carranza designs for projected 5c and 10c cartones^{CEHM, fondo XXI, carpeta 43, legajo 4641, letter Pruneda, Veracruz, to Carranza, Veracruz, 19 June 1915}.

Because of the appalling quantity of counterfeit cartones in circulation the goverment ordered a new series. These were supposedly very difficult to counterfeit because of the quality of the design, and the special pasteboard was infalsificable^{El Demócrata, Guadalajara, Tomo I, Núm. 40, 10 December 1915}.

The first issue had series letters but no number and two different monograms.

type 1		type 2

By April 1915 the public and businesses in Monclova were refusing to accept these cartones and the Presidente Municipal asked for advice^{AMonclova, Fondo Presidencia Municipal, caja 414, Libro copiador de oficios, pag. 160 Jacinto Cantú to Secretario General, Coahuila, 28 April 1915}. The reply was that there were of forced circulation, in accordance with Ramírez’ decree núm. 9^{AMonclova, Fondo Presidencia Municipal, caja 414, Libro copiador de oficios, pag. 160}. This was relayed to Sacramento on 10 May in response to a query of 3 May^{AMonclova, Fondo Presidencia Municipal, caja 414, Libro copiador de oficios, pag. 170}.

On 1 June 1915 Charles Blackmore, the ABNC’s Resident Agent in Mexico City, sent New York “a specimen of the new 20 cts. fractional currency money of this Republic. The enclosed is commonly known as a twenty centavo “cartón” and belongs to the new issue of “infalsificable” notes now in circulation … the rate the Government has placed on these notes is 20 cents Mexican Gold (Oro Nacional) to the peso, and each peso of the new notes is worth four pesos of the Veracruz notes. Therefore the enclosed 20 centavo cartón is worth 80 centavos of the old issue of cartones or fractional currency.”^ABNC, .

Second issue

The second issue had red Roman numerals designating the denomination overprinted on the face of the 5c and 10c cartones.