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50 Centavos El Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa

Issuer State of Sinaloa
Year 1915
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Currency Peso (1915)
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Obverse description Black letterpress on blue underprint with red serial numbers. At left, a laureate bust of Benito Juárez is flanked by a topless allegorical female figure holding a sword; at right, a laureate bust of Francisco I. Madero is framed within an oak wreath. The overall layout is typical of Mexican state emergency issue design, with text panels carrying decree and payment obligations.
Obverse lettering EL ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE SINALOA PAGARÁ EL PORTADOR EN EFECTIVO 50 CENTAVOS CONFORME AL DECRETO FECHA 22 DE FEBRERO 1914 SAN BLAS, SIN.
(Translation: The Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa will pay the bearer in cash 50 Cents conforming to the decree dated 22 February 1914. San Blas, Sinaloa)
Reverse description Printed in orange. A panoramic vignette of Culiacán appears at left and a panoramic vignette of Mazatlán at right, flanking a central composition comprising an allegory of Liberty, the coat of arms of Mexico, and an allegory of Justice.
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