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5 Centavos Constitutionalist Army
| Issuer | State of Chihuahua |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 5 Centavos (0.05) |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a large, ornate numeral 5 rendered in a decorative style, superimposed over a crossed bugle and sword motif, emblematic of the Constitutionalist Army. The circular legend EJERCITO CONSTITUCIONALISTA arcs around the upper portion of the coin. The date 1914 appears in the lower exergual area, flanked on each side by small decorative floral or asterisk stops. |
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| Reverse lettering | EJERCITO CONSTITUCIONALISTA 5 ✿ 1914 ✿ |
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Issued by the Constitutionalist forces controlling Chihuahua in 1914, this copper piece belongs to the flood of emergency coinage produced during the Mexican Revolution when the federal monetary system had effectively collapsed. Venustiano Carranza's faction, operating out of northern Mexico, authorized provisional issues like this one to pay troops and maintain basic commerce in territory under their control. The central government in Mexico City recognized none of it.
Chihuahua was the heartland of Villista and Constitutionalist activity simultaneously, which made local monetary authority a contested and fleeting thing. Production quality varies considerably across surviving examples.