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50 Pesos El Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa
| Issuer | State of Sinaloa |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on a brown underprint with red and blue serial numbers. At left, a laurel-wreathed vignette presents a bust of Benito Juárez flanked by a topless allegorical female figure holding a sword; at right, an oak-wreathed vignette presents a bust of Francisco I. Madero. The face carries the full decree legend across the central field. |
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| Obverse lettering | EL ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE SINALOA PAGARÁ EL PORTADOR EN EFECTIVO CINCUENTA PESOS 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 Fifty Pesos conforming to the decree dated 22 February 1914. San Blas, Sinaloa) |
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Sinaloa was one of several Mexican states that issued its own emergency currency during the Constitutional period of the Revolution — a moment when federal authority had collapsed and regional military governors needed to pay troops and move supplies. These state-level emissions were often printed quickly, with limited security features, and circulated in a geographically constrained area before federal consolidation rendered them worthless.
P#S1047 sits at the higher end of the Sinaloa series denominations, which typically increases the likelihood of hoarding over active use. Redemption was never guaranteed for most state issues of this period.