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1 Peso Provisional Government
| Issuer | State of Oaxaca |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 'UN PESO' is inscribed in two lines across the central field, with the curved legend 'MONEDA PROVISIONAL' arching around the upper periphery. The value is flanked below by two symmetrically arranged olive or oak sprigs meeting at the base, framing the inscription in a wreath-like arrangement. The overall design is simple and functional, reflecting the emergency coinage context of the Oaxacan provisional government during the Mexican Revolution. |
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The State of Oaxaca began issuing its own silver currency in 1915 after breaking from the Carranza-controlled federal government and declaring itself a sovereign entity under Governor José Inés Dávila. These provisional issues were a direct financial necessity — the competing revolutionary factions had so thoroughly disrupted the national money supply that local commerce required local coinage.
KM#743a denotes the silver version, distinguished from the copper and brass provisional issues struck when bullion supplies tightened later in the conflict. Oaxaca's monetary independence lasted only until 1916.