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5 Centavos
| Issuer | State of Aguascalientes |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Currency | Peso (1915) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design displays a large bold numeral 5 set against a radiating sunburst pattern of straight rays emanating from a Phrygian cap at the apex, symbolizing liberty. The denomination legend CENTAVOS appears in raised letters below the numeral, with the date 1915 inscribed beneath, followed by a stop. Flanking the lower portion of the design are two olive or laurel branches curving symmetrically outward toward the rim. The composition is characteristic of Revolutionary-era Mexican emergency token coinage, with a plain or reeded edge depending on the variety. |
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Aguascalientes issued copper emergency coinage in 1915 as the Mexican Revolution fractured the country's monetary supply into dozens of competing regional currencies. The state government, cut off from federal minting infrastructure controlled by shifting factions, authorized its own issues to keep local commerce functional. Copper was the practical choice — silver had largely vanished from circulation, hoarded against the chaos.
KM#603 is among the better-documented Constitutionalist-era state issues, though die quality and striking consistency vary considerably across the 1915 run.