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20 Centavos
| Issuer | State of Aguascalientes |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The large denomination numeral '20' dominates the central field, with horizontal shading lines filling the numeral bodies and a radiant sunburst motif emanating from the junction of the digits at the top. The word CENTAVOS is inscribed in a straight line below the numeral, and the date 1915 appears beneath it. The central design is flanked on both sides by symmetrical sprays of olive or laurel branches, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The entire design is contained within a toothed inner border with a reeded outer rim. |
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Aguascalientes issued copper emergency coinage in 1915 under the authority of the Constitutionalist forces during the Mexican Revolution, when silver had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply unavailable to the fractured provisional governments scrambling to pay troops and suppliers. These state-issued pieces were never intended as permanent currency; they filled a gap that the central government in Mexico City could no longer manage.
KM#600 is well-documented among the numerous revolutionary-era municipal and state issues, many of which were repudiated within months of striking.