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20 Pesos El Estado de Sonora
| Issuer | Estado de Sonora (State of Sonora) |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on white paper with red serial numbers. At left, an intaglio portrait vignette of Francisco I. Madero; at right, a corresponding portrait vignette of José María Pino Suárez. The face carries the full statutory text of the issuing authority across the central field. |
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| Reverse description | Uniformly engraved in green ink, the reverse centres on a circular guilloche medallion enclosing the Mexican national coat of arms — an eagle perched on a cactus with a serpent in its beak — surrounded by the circular legend of the issuing authority. Large numeral "20" counters appear to the left and right within elaborate lathe-work rosette frames, while the denomination "VEINTE PESOS" is set in a cartouche along the lower border, flanked by "20" numerals; the imprint of the American Bank Note Company appears beneath. The title "ESTADO DE SONORA" is inscribed in a ruled panel at the top. |
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Sonora's state government issued its own currency during the revolutionary period because the federal monetary system had effectively collapsed. Governor José María Maytorena authorized a series of emergency emissions in 1914, and the American Bank Note Company handled production — an arrangement that required printing plates to cross an international border while the country itself was in open civil war.
The ABNC connection gave these notes a finish that far outclassed most revolutionary-era Mexican paper, which was often printed locally under chaotic conditions. Sonora's relative geographic isolation and proximity to the U.S. border made the logistics feasible in ways they simply weren't for most other states.