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1 Peso Buelna / Carrasco - Countermarked
| Issuer | State of Sinaloa |
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| Year | 1913-1914 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a radiant sunburst or glory pattern emanating from a central point, with fine radiating lines extending outward across the entire field to the rim — a design element characteristic of cast Mexican revolutionary pesos from Sinaloa. The surface is rough and uneven, consistent with primitive casting techniques employed under wartime conditions. No date or denomination legend is visible on this side, as the coin was hastily produced to meet emergency monetary needs during the 1913–1914 period of the Mexican Revolution. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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During the Mexican Revolution, Sinaloa's military governor Rafael Buelna authorized emergency silver coinage to pay his forces when federal supply lines collapsed entirely. The Carrasco countermark — applied by a separate issuing authority — indicates these pieces passed through at least two distinct commands, each needing to validate currency their troops would actually accept.
The double-authorization process was chaotic by design. Coins were countermarked in the field, not at a fixed facility, which accounts for the wide variation in placement and strike depth seen across surviving examples.