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1 Peso El Estado de Sonora
| Issuer | State of Sonora |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1992) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print over an orange underprint, with serial numbers in blue. At left, a vignette carries the coat of arms of Mexico; at right, a circular blue seal bears a radiant Phrygian cap set above a mountain range. The face carries the full text of the authorising decree together with the printed signatures of the Governor, the Senior Official of the Secretariat, and the Provisional General Treasurer. |
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| Signature(s) | José María Maytorena and Juan Sánchez Azcona |
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Sonora's state government began issuing its own currency in 1913 because the national banking system had effectively collapsed under the pressures of the Revolution. Governor Maytorena — a Maderista who briefly allied with Villa before breaking with Carranza — authorized the emission to keep commerce moving in a state that was both geographically isolated and militarily contested. The notes were printed locally in Hermosillo rather than sent to Mexico City or abroad, which is why paper quality and impression consistency vary noticeably across surviving examples.
Juan Sánchez Azcona's co-signature is the detail worth pausing on: he was a prominent journalist and close confidant of Madero, not a banker.