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2 Pesos Provisional Government, Curved Bottom, 'Dos' Pesos
| Issuer | State of Oaxaca |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Unidentified draped bust facing left, centrally positioned in the field, with the date 1915 incused in the lower exergue flanked by two five-pointed stars. The circumference is bordered by a decorative inner ring of alternating leaf-shaped ornaments. The circular legend ESTADO L. Y S. DE OAXACA arcs around the upper periphery, abbreviated for 'Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca' (Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca). |
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| Reverse lettering | MONEDA PROVISIONAL DOS PESOS (Translation: Provisional Coin Two Pesos) |
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Oaxaca's provisional coinage of 1915 was issued under the authority of General Guillermo Meixueiro, who controlled the state as part of the Soberanista movement resisting both Carranza's Constitutionalists and the broader chaos of the Mexican Revolution. The state effectively operated as a monetary island, striking its own silver coins because federal currency — whether Carrancista or Zapatista — was widely distrusted and often refused in local commerce.
The "Curved Bottom 2" and "Dos" spelling variants catalogued separately under Gruber-Bressett reflect genuine die distinctions, not grading subjectivity. Oaxacan provisional issues were produced under improvised conditions, and die inconsistency across the series is the rule rather than the exception.