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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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| Size | 184 × 80 mm |
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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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| Reverse description | Printed in purple, the reverse presents a panoramic composition across the central field: at far left, a cityscape vignette of Culiacán; at far right, a cityscape vignette of Mazatlán; between them, allegorical figures of Liberty and Justice flank the Mexican national coat of arms at centre. |
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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.