Oaxaca's provisional coinage of 1915 was issued under the authority of Governor José Inés Dávila, who aligned the state with the Constitutionalist cause while maintaining a degree of regional autonomy that made centralized monetary control impractical. The coins were struck locally, and the minting infrastructure was crude enough that die preparation was inconsistently executed — hence the "Unfinished Lapels" variety, a recognized die state in which the collar detail on the principal figure was never fully cut.
The .902 silver specification mirrors the traditional Mexican monetary standard, a deliberate signal of legitimacy during a period when revolutionary scrip was widely distrusted. KM# 702 catalogs the type broadly; Guthrie-Buttrey 352 distinguishes this specific die state.
Oaxaca's provisional coinage of 1915 was issued under the authority of Governor José Inés Dávila, who aligned the state with the Constitutionalist cause while maintaining a degree of regional autonomy that made centralized monetary control impractical. The coins were struck locally, and the minting infrastructure was crude enough that die preparation was inconsistently executed — hence the "Unfinished Lapels" variety, a recognized die state in which the collar detail on the principal figure was never fully cut.
The .902 silver specification mirrors the traditional Mexican monetary standard, a deliberate signal of legitimacy during a period when revolutionary scrip was widely distrusted. KM# 702 catalogs the type broadly; Guthrie-Buttrey 352 distinguishes this specific die state.