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2 Pesos Suriana
| Issuer | State of Guerrero |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#665 |
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| Obverse lettering | *REPUBLICA MEXICANA* DOS PESOS. GRO. 1915 |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts a radiant sun with alternating straight and wavy rays, rising above a landscape with an anchor and a rifle or bayonet crossed in the lower field, symbolizing the Suriana forces of the Mexican Revolution. Above the sun, in the upper field, the fineness inscription ORO .595 is prominently struck. The circumferential legend REFORMA, LIBERTAD, JUSTICIA Y LEY arcs around the upper portion, while the issuing authority designation *SURIANA. appears along the lower arc, separated by a small star. A dentilated border encircles the design. |
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Guerrero's gold-silver electrum issues of 1915 emerged from one of the most administratively fragmented periods in Mexican history, when revolutionary factions controlling individual states were effectively operating as independent monetary authorities. The Suriana issues were produced under the authority of the Ejército Insurgente Suriano, Zapata's southern forces, filling a vacuum left by the total collapse of federal currency confidence in the region.
The electrum composition — an alloy not seen in modern coinage outside of this Mexican revolutionary series — was a practical response to available metal stocks rather than any deliberate archaism.