Centavos (5), all 1915, including three copper examples (all three varieties listed in KM.) and two silver or silvered examples

REVOLUTION OF 1910-1917 The Revolution of 1910-1917, which began with the overthrow of President Diaz and the restoration of a properly democratic government under Madero, soon degenerated into a bloody civil war, in which several factions strove to control the whole of a very large country, and in which even the capital, Mexico City, changed hands. The dislocations caused by these events would have been enough to hamper the regular dissemination of coined money nationwide from the mint at Mexico; but that was made worse by the depredations of some of the factions and their enormous expenses. Paper money was printed in very large quantities, its value depending on enforcement, and coin too was struck locally at many places. The result was an extraordinarily rich and varied coinage, circulating differentially around the country. The range of denominations, from Centavo to 60-Pesos, was matched by a range of coinage materials, from relatively good to rather poor gold -- Oaxaca is notable for the quantity and variety of gold coinage --, silver of differing finenesses (sometimes including a low gold alloy), bronze (where the Federal had been silver), brass, aluminum, lead, cardboard, and even in one instance terracotta. It is characteristic of the Revolutionary coinage that the traditional types of eagle and Liberty cap, or eagle and value in wreath tended to be preserved, even when the intrinsic value of the Federal coin was abandoned. The most notable exceptions were the 2-Peso issues of Guerrero, with the sun shining over the mountains, and the many issues of Oaxaca with the portrait of President Juarez. AGUASCALIENTES

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Centavos (5), all 1915, including three copper examples (all three varieties listed in KM.) and two silver or silvered examples
varieties) (KM.601 and 601a), good to extremely fine