Catalog
20 Centavos Ejército Cristero
| Issuer | Liga Nacional Defensora de la Libertad Religiosa |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Size | 138 × 80 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | VEINTE CENTAVOS CONTRIBUCION PARA LA CONQUISTA DE LA LIBERTAD AÑO DE 1927 MEXICO (Translation: TWENTY CENTAVOS / CONTRIBUTION FOR THE CONQUEST OF LIBERTY / YEAR OF 1927 / MEXICO) |
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| Reverse lettering | ¡México! El sacrificio de tus hijos muertos en Zamora, Chalchihuites, León y otros lugares, como mártires de la fe cristiana, es el toque de lucha por la libertad. Gravísimo deber nos apremia a reconquistarla con nuestro dinero o nuestra sangre. Liga Nacional Defensora de la Libertad Religiosa Firma: José Tello, Srio. (Translation: Mexico! The sacrifice of your dead sons in Zamora, Chalchihuites, Leon and other places, as martyrs of the Christian faith, is the call to fight for freedom. A very serious duty urges us to win it back with our money or our blood. National League for the Defense of Religious Freedom. Signature: José Tello, Secretary.) |
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The Liga Nacional Defensora de la Libertad Religiosa was the political wing of the Cristero movement, which rose against the Mexican government's enforcement of the anticlerical provisions of the 1917 Constitution — particularly Articles 3, 5, 24, and 130, which banned religious education, monastic orders, and public worship. When President Calles moved to implement these laws aggressively from 1926, armed rebellion followed. This note was issued by that civilian organization to fund and supply the Ejército Cristero in the field.
Emergency fractional currency from insurgent forces rarely survives in quantity. These circulated in territories temporarily under Cristero control in Jalisco, Guanajuato, and Michoacán — the heartland of the rebellion.