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10 Centavos Constitutionalist Army
| Issuer | State of Chihuahua |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | At center, a Phrygian liberty cap emitting radiant sunbeams extending outward across the field, evoking the cap of liberty motif common to Mexican revolutionary coinage. The cap bears the word LIBERTAD on its band. A circular legend surrounds the device along the periphery, with cross ornaments serving as dividers between the two inscription elements. The entire design is contained within a toothed or reeded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | +EJERCITO CONSTITUCIONALISTA+ 1915 10¢ |
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The Constitutionalist Army coinage of Chihuahua emerged from the chaos of the Mexican Revolution, when Venustiano Carranza's forces controlled the north and required a functional local currency independent of the Huertista and later Villista monetary systems. Chihuahua became one of several revolutionary states issuing its own emergency coinage between 1913 and 1915, a direct consequence of competing factions each controlling territory and rejecting the other's paper and metal.
The brass composition distinguishes this from earlier Chihuahua issues in silver, reflecting both material shortages and the pragmatic economics of a government still fighting for national legitimacy.