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50 Centavos Amecameca
| Issuer | State of Mexico |
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination rendered as a bold, oversized numeral '50' dominating the entire reverse field, with a small 'c' centavos indicator appearing above and to the left of the numerals. A horizontal rule appears beneath the numeral, and the overall execution is characteristic of the primitive hand-struck token coinage produced at Amecameca during the Mexican Revolution. |
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| Mint | Amecameca |
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Amecameca issued its own emergency coinage during the Mexican Revolution, when the collapse of federal authority and chronic coin shortages forced municipalities and regional authorities across Mexico to produce locally sanctioned tokens. The State of Mexico was among those that authorized such issues, and these brass pieces circulated by necessity rather than by any coherent monetary policy from the center.
KM#686a distinguishes this brass striking from related issues in other metals — a distinction that matters for attribution, as multiple compositions were produced under similar local mandates.