Manuscript
Illegally Issued Twenty Peso Notes from the Yucatan
| Twenty-four thousand twenty peso notes issued by the order of Yucatan governor Abel Ortiz Argumedo. Argumedo used these notes to pay a debt to the International Harvester Company. He was subsequently forced out of office and the notes were declared illegal. International Harvester was stuck with the illegal notes. |
| Image ID: | 75469 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1914 |
| Creator Name: | La Comision Reguladora del Mercado de Henequen |
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| Collection Name: | McCormick - International Harvester |
| Genre: | Manuscript |
| Original Format Type: | object |
| Original Format Number: | McCormick Processing Area |
| Original Dimensions: | 30 x 30 inches |
| Crime |
| Money |
| Indoor photography |
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