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1 Peso Restrike Army of the North, Silver
| Issuer | Chihuahua, State of |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA M. SEVILLA (Translation: Mexican Republic) |
| Reverse description | The central device features a Phrygian liberty cap radiating rays, symbolizing freedom, with the date 1915 positioned in the exergue below. Surrounding the central motif, the legend identifies the issuing authority, denomination, mint, and fineness: EJERCITO DEL NORTE arcs along the upper field, while UN PESO, CHA, and the fineness mark 902.7 appear in the lower and lateral fields. The additional legend LIBERTAD and the engraver's name SEVILLA are also present within the legend arrangement. |
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Chihuahua's Army of the North issues from 1915 occupy a genuinely complicated place in Mexican numismatic history. The original 1914 strikes were emergency coinage produced under Pancho Villa's División del Norte, when the Constitutionalist forces controlled the state mint at Chihuahua City and needed circulating currency to pay troops and sustain the local economy. The 1915 restrikes were produced from the same dies but at a moment when Villa's military position was already deteriorating — his defeat at Celaya in April 1915 effectively ended his dominance as a national force.
Distinguishing original strikes from restrikes remains a persistent challenge, and the literature is not entirely settled on diagnostic criteria.