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10 Centavos El Estado de Sonora
| Issuer | Gobierno del Estado de Sonora |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 10 Centavos (0.10 MXP) |
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| Obverse description | Green on yellow-tan paper. The centre of the note carries a circular vignette with the Mexican national eagle seal inscribed 'REPUBLICA MEXICANA / GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE SONORA', flanked on each side by the denomination numeral '10' above 'CTS.' set within ornate guilloche panels. A dense guilloche border frames the entire design on all four sides. The imprint 'IMP. DEL ESTADO' appears at the lower centre margin. Notes of this issue are known both with and without seals and serial numbers. |
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| Variants | P#S1078 - Without seal and serial number P#S1078 - With seal and serial number |
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Sonora's state government began issuing its own fractional currency in 1915 because the Mexican Revolution had so thoroughly disrupted the national money supply that small-denomination coins had vanished from circulation entirely — hoarded, melted, or simply gone. Governor José María Maytorena's administration turned to the Imprenta del Estado in Hermosillo as the practical solution, producing notes locally rather than waiting on a federal authority that had fractured into competing factions.
The S1078 series is among the more rudimentary products of that press — printed on whatever paper was available, with security considerations subordinated to speed of production. Counterfeiting was a documented problem across the Sonoran issues generally.