During the Mexican Revolution, Sinaloa's military governor Rafael Buelna authorized emergency countermarks on existing coinage to validate currency for circulation within territory under his control. The "Buelna / Carrasco" countermark — applied by stamping rather than striking — identified coins accepted by the Constitutionalist faction operating in the northwest, effectively denying the Huertista and later Villista forces any monetary leverage in the region. Carrasco refers to the local jefe de hacienda responsible for fiscal oversight.
The host coin beneath the countermark is typically a Peso of the earlier Republic, already worn before stamping.
During the Mexican Revolution, Sinaloa's military governor Rafael Buelna authorized emergency countermarks on existing coinage to validate currency for circulation within territory under his control. The "Buelna / Carrasco" countermark — applied by stamping rather than striking — identified coins accepted by the Constitutionalist faction operating in the northwest, effectively denying the Huertista and later Villista forces any monetary leverage in the region. Carrasco refers to the local jefe de hacienda responsible for fiscal oversight.
The host coin beneath the countermark is typically a Peso of the earlier Republic, already worn before stamping.