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50 Centavos Sinaloa General Treasury
| Issuer | Tesorería General del Estado de Sinaloa |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Peso (1863-1992) |
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| Reverse description | Red letterpress printing on a plain ground, centred on a vignette of the Mexican Coat of Arms showing an eagle perched atop a prickly-pear cactus with a serpent in its beak. The denomination CINCUENTA CENTAVOS in full letters and the numeral 50 flank the central vignette on either side, while the printer's imprint LA NACIONAL, A. DÍAZ DE LEÓN E HIJOS, MAZATLÁN runs along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | CINCUENTA 50 CENTAVOS LA NACIONAL MAZATLAN A. DIAZ DE LEON E HIJOS (Translation: Fifty centavos. La Nacional, A. Díaz de León e Hijos, Mazatlán.) |
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The Tesorería General del Estado de Sinaloa issued fractional emergency currency in 1914 as the Revolution severed supply lines for coin and disrupted federal monetary authority across northern Mexico. Sinaloa was not alone — dozens of Mexican states, municipalities, and private enterprises printed their own low-denomination paper during this period — but relatively few state treasuries used an identifiable local printer. La Nacional, A. Díaz de León e Hijos operated out of Mazatlán and handled commercial and government printing for the region, making this one of the more traceable productions in the Sinaloa fractional series.
Cartón currency from this period frequently disintegrated in circulation. Survivors are disproportionately unissued remainders.