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1 Peso Provisional Government, Unfinished Truncation, Copper
| Issuer | State of Oaxaca |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Plain central field bearing the denomination inscription UN PESO in two lines of bold raised lettering, dominating the center of the coin. The circumferential legend MONEDA PROVISIONAL arcs around the upper portion of the reverse. A wreath of laurel or oak branches frames the lower half of the field, curving upward from the base on both sides toward the denomination. The design is characteristically simple and utilitarian, reflecting the emergency nature of this provisional issue. A raised border ring encircles the entire reverse design. |
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Oaxaca's provisional coinage of 1915 was issued under the authority of Guillermo Meixueiro and the local Soberanista movement, which refused to recognize Carranza's Constitutionalist government and struck its own currency to fund operations in the sierra. The "unfinished truncation" variety reflects the improvised nature of production — dies were prepared under field conditions, and finishing details were inconsistently applied across the run.
These pieces circulated in a region effectively cut off from national monetary supply for much of the Revolution's middle phase.