Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
20 Centavos Chiconcuatla
| Issuer | Brigada Francisco I. Madero, Sierra Norte de Puebla |
|---|---|
| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Peso (1915) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a bold, large numeral '20' dominating the central field, with horizontal line shading visible within the numerals. The denomination word CENTAVOS is inscribed in large capital letters beneath the numeral. The upper periphery bears the legend TRANSITORIO (meaning 'Provisional'), arching around the top of the coin. Small decorative crosses flank the legend at either side. The overall design is utilitarian in character, consistent with emergency revolutionary coinage of the Mexican Civil War period. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Brigada Francisco I. Madero operated in the Sierra Norte de Puebla during the most chaotic phase of the Mexican Revolution, when dozens of regional factions issued their own emergency coinage simply to pay troops and buy supplies. Chiconcuatla — a small town in the highlands of Puebla — served as the issuing authority here, one of the more obscure municipal issuers in a period already crowded with local scrip.
The copper fabric and relatively heavy specification suggest a deliberate attempt at credible token coinage rather than crude cartón scrip. Whether it circulated beyond the immediate military zone is doubtful.