Catalog
10 Pesos El Estado de Sonora
| Issuer | Estado de Sonora (State of Sonora) |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S1073 |
| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed note in black on a salmon-red guilloche underprint, with the title 'El Estado de Sonora' in large arched letters across the top centre, below which 'Pagará al Portador en Efectivo' appears on a ribbon. An oval portrait vignette of a bearded gentleman occupies the left side, and a second oval portrait of a moustached gentleman appears at right; between them, the large central denomination numeral '10' is set within an elaborate interlocking guilloche medallion, flanked by smaller '10' counters marked 'Serie E'. The date 'Mexico, Enero 1o de 1915' and place 'Hermosillo, Sonora' appear at upper left and right respectively, with four facsimile signatures along the lower margin above the American Bank Note Co. New York imprint. |
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| Reverse lettering | Estado de Sonora / Republica Mexicana / Gobierno del Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora / Diez Pesos / American Bank Note Company, New York. |
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Sonora was one of the few Mexican states that managed to issue genuinely stable emergency currency during the Revolution. While Carrancista and Villista paper collapsed repeatedly, Sonora's notes — backed by the state government and its customs revenues — held enough confidence to circulate at or near face value through much of 1915. The American Bank Note Company's involvement was not incidental: the state deliberately sought a foreign, credible printer to signal fiscal seriousness at a moment when most Mexican paper was being refused outright.
The S1073 belongs to a well-documented ABNC series for Sonora, and surviving examples in sound condition are less scarce than the improvised rubber-stamped issues from other Revolutionary factions — but the 10 Peso denomination sees considerably more demand than the smaller values in this run.