1822 voluntary loans and donations

On 16 April 1822 the Regency authorized, through the Provincial and City Councils, a system to accept, throughout the Empire, voluntary donations and loans to help pay for the needs of the Army and other emergencies of the State. The Intendants would distribute in the Provincial and City Councils, notes (billetes ó cédulas) signed by their hand, and for various values, the smallest being for ten pesos and the largest for two hundred pesos^{Gazeta del Gobierno Imperial de México, Tomo II, Núm. 29, 27 April 1822}.

There are several mention of these billetes and cédulas in the Jalisco archives.

As these were receipts for a donation or loan that was not, at the time, expected to be repaid, they were not negotiable and as such, not paper money. Moreover, if they were anything like the San Luis Potosí certificates, they would not have had any "security features".