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10 Pesos - El Estado de Sonora Movie Prop Money
| Issuer | El Estado de Sonora (replica/prop) |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio-style print on cream paper. Central large numeral '10' within an ornate guilloche rosette, flanked by two oval portrait vignettes of bearded men. 'STAGE MONEY' appears twice in the upper field; date 'México, Enero 1° de 1915' and place 'Hermosillo, Sonora' inscribed at top corners. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green on cream paper. Central medallion carries the Mexican eagle coat of arms within a circular guilloche surround. Large numerals '10' at left and right, with 'DIEZ PESOS' in a banner along the lower border. 'STAGE MONEY' appears in the upper right corner. |
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Sonora's wartime cartón currency of 1913–1915 is one of the more interesting episodes in Mexican revolutionary finance — the state issued its own paper under Governor José Mayorena when federal supply lines collapsed, and the notes circulated under duress across the northwest. Prop and replica versions of these notes have appeared in film and television productions drawn to the period's visual rawness, particularly in Western and Mexican Revolution narratives made from the 1960s onward.
Distinguishing props from genuine issues matters here. Authentic Sonoran cartones show specific handstamp varieties, serial number sequences, and paper degradation consistent with wartime production. Replicas typically flatten or simplify those details.