Mexican Revolutionary Coinage

Okay, I might as well admit right from the start that this page has absolutely nothing to do with Shield Nickels. But renaming the domain to ShieldNickelsAndMexicanRevolutionaryCoinage.com seemed a little ridiculous. <Grin>

In an effort to both broaden my horizons and avoid being totally pigeonholed as "that shield nickel guy" I recently wandered around a local coin show looking for something new to collect. Mexican Coinage in general caught my eye due to the beauty of the designs, the attraction of collecting something other than U.S. coins, and the overall lower relative cost of collecting compared to the various U.S. series I have previously collected. As I was happily collecting some beautiful pesos and even some Cap & Rays Ocho Reales, I happened upon that backwater of Mexican collecting - Mexican Revolutionary Coinage of 1913 - 1917.

Although that is only five years of history, there is a rather fantastic variety of coinage produced. The coins were frequently produced under very difficult circumstances and chaotic conditions. The coins may appear crude and frequently poorly struck compared to products from an established mint, but I find beauty in them anyway. If you only find beauty in MS-65 coins and above, this is not the website for you.

Being an experienced variety collector of shield nickels, I was attracted to the fact that the Mexican Revolutionary Coinage also has many varieties.

I have noted a lack of good pictures of Mexican Revolutionary Coinage in the available reference books*, and I hope that this website will serve as a repository of better pictures than have previously been available. My eventual hope is that for many varieties you find in the reference books, you will be able to come to this website for a better look at the features the books are describing. The site is designed to be used in conjunction with the reference books, as I do not repeat the attribution information here - this is simply a photographic repository.

I cannot hope to personally acquire anywhere near all of the coins in the reference books. Hence, I hope that I can interest other Mexican Revolutionary Coinage collectors in contributing photos for the site. Please see Contributing Photos if interested.

The photos are organized by Mexican state and area within the state that issued them. Some of the links below are not yet functional (greyed out) because I have not yet found any coins from that area.

State	Area	Last Updated

Aquascalientes	Aquascalientes	Feb. 10, 2022

Chihuahua	Chihuahua	Dec. 29, 2020
	Parral	Feb. 5, 2021

Durango	Cuencame	Mar. 11, 2021
	City of Durango	Apr. 23, 2022

Guerrero	Atlixtac	Dec. 29, 2020
	Cacahuatepec	Dec. 17, 2020
	Cacalotepec	Dec. 17, 2020
	Campo Morado	Dec. 30. 2020
	Chilpancingo
	State of Guerrero	Feb. 5, 2021
	Suriana	Mar. 21, 2012
	Taxco	Dec. 29, 2020

Jalisco	Guadalajara	Dec. 9, 2020

Mexico	Amecameca	Mar. 30, 2008
	Mexico City	Apr. 2, 2005
	Tenancingo	Dec. 23, 2020
	Texcoco
	Toluca	Dec. 29, 2020

Morelos	Atlihuayan	Dec. 23, 2020

Oaxaca	Oaxaca	Apr. 22, 2021

Puebla	Chiconcuatla	Feb. 8, 2007
	Tetela del Oro y Ocampo	Feb. 7, 2005

Sinaloa	Sinaloa	Sep. 2, 2008

Zacatecas	Concepción del Oro	Jan. 18, 2007

Enigmatic Issues	Enigmatic Issues	Dec. 29, 2020

Curious Issues	Curious Issues	January 2, 2021

Special thanks to the following individuals who have contributed photos to this website:

José Antonio Urban C. (who contributed a number of photos)
Dave Hughes
Steve Huber
Jim Lowe
Angel Smith (who contributed a huge number of photos)
Terry Stoddard (who contributed a huge number of photos including many GB plate cons)

*Reference Books:

Mexican Revolutionary Coinage, Hugh S. Guthrie and Merrill Bothamley. Superior Stamp & Coin Col, Inc. 1976 (source for GB numbers)

La Ventana - The Window to the Revolutionary Coinage of Oaxaca 1915, C. "Woody" Woodworth and Joe Flores. Privately printed. Source for LV numbers.

Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901 - Present, Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler. Krause Publications Inc. (Note: only a very few pages of this book are relevant, but they can be useful for current pricing.)

The Mexican Revolution Reporter, issue number eighteen (August 1980), monograph on Chihuahua cinco centavos varieties by Verne R. Walrafen. Source for VRW numbers.

The Coins of the Mexican Revolution 1910 - 1917, Neil S. Utberg, 1965. Source for EG numbers.

La Revolución Mexicana y Sus Monedas, Carlos Gaytán, 1969.