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10 Centavos Campo Morado
| Issuer | State of Guerrero |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Large numeral '10' occupies the central field above the word CENTAVOS, with the mint abbreviation C.M.GRO. and date 1915 inscribed above. The entire central device is enclosed within a wreath of laurel branches tied with a ribbon bow at the base. A beaded border runs along the inner rim. The overall design is characteristic of the emergency coinage issued by the Campo Morado mint of Guerrero during the Mexican Revolution. |
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Campo Morado was a silver mining district in Guerrero, and the revolutionary forces controlling it briefly operated their own monetary issues in 1915 when the broader Mexican economy had effectively collapsed under the competing pressures of Carrancistas, Villistas, and Zapatistas. Copper emergency coinage of this type filled a void left by hoarded silver and worthless paper.
KM#654 is among the more localized of Guerrero's numerous revolutionary issues — attribution to Campo Morado specifically distinguishes it from the broader Suriana and Atlixtac types struck in the same state during the same months.