I recently acquired (on Ebay) a Chihuahua 10 peso "cowboy" note. I have had the 10 peso "two heads" note for a long time. These Mexican revolutionary bills have appeared in more films than Humphrey Bogart and Joan Crawford. Both of these notes were reprinted extensively by American film prop companies and film studios to use in films before 1960. Chihuahua 10 Pesos "Cowboy" note Chihuahua 10 Pesos "Two Heads" note A scene from the 1955 film "Night of the Hunter" shows both types of bill. This film starred Robert Mitchum as a preacher. Note that the "Cowboy" note reprint has an extra zero added to make the note "100" and that the extra zero is offset slightly. Until 1960, it was against US counterfeiting laws to show real money in films, so studios printed up "stage money" bills for motion picture use. Also "stage money" was easier to control than real money on sets. A fine book on the subject of film prop money is: "Show Me the Money! The Standard Catalog of Motion Picture, Television, Stage and Advertising Prop Money" by Fred Reed, published in 2005. :loud:
