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10 Pesos El Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa
| Issuer | Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Size | 184 × 80 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | EL ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE SINALOA PAGARÁ EL PORTADOR EN EFECTIVO DIEZ PESOS CONFORME AL DECRETO FECHA 22 DE FEBRERO 1914 SAN BLAS, SIN. (Translation: The Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa will pay the bearer in cash Ten Pesos conforming to the decree dated 22 February 1914. San Blas, Sinaloa) |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the reverse presents a panoramic composition across its full width: at far left, a view of Culiacán; adjacent, an allegorical figure of Liberty; at centre, the coat of arms of Mexico; continuing right, an allegorical figure of Justice; and at far right, a panoramic view of Mazatlán. |
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Sinaloa's revolutionary-era emissions of 1915 were authorized under the Constitutionalist framework that permitted individual Mexican states to issue their own paper currency during the chaos following Huerta's fall. The Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa took that authorization seriously, producing a series of denominations including this 10 Pesos note at a moment when federal currency had essentially collapsed in the northwest and local commerce needed any functional medium of exchange.
Redemption was never guaranteed. Many state issues from this period were repudiated or simply abandoned when Carranza's government moved to consolidate monetary authority later in 1916.