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2 Pesos Provisional Government, Unfinished Truncation
| Issuer | State of Oaxaca |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO L. Y S. DE OAXACA *1915* (Translation: Free and sovereign state of Oaxaca) |
| Reverse description | The large numeral '2' is prominently displayed in the upper centre of the field, with the word PESOS in bold capital letters immediately below. The curved legend MONEDA PROVISIONAL arcs along the upper left periphery. A decorative wreath of oak and laurel sprigs frames the lower portion of the field, and the mintmaster's initials 'TM' appear at the base below the wreath. An outer border of oval beads encircles the entire design. |
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The State of Oaxaca operated as a sovereign entity during the Mexican Revolution under Governor José Inés Dávila, who declared Oaxaca's political sovereignty in 1915 and established its own monetary system independent of Carranza's Constitutionalist government. These provisional issues were struck locally under difficult conditions, and the "unfinished truncation" variety reflects the improvised nature of die production — the bust termination was left incomplete, almost certainly due to the limited engraving resources available to the Oaxacan mint at the time.