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"Muera Huerta" Mexican Revolutionary Peso
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Revolution Muera Huerta Peso 1914, KM621, struck in Durango at the city of Cuencame.
Death to the feared General Huerta of the Federal army is what this coin states.
Minted in the turbulent year of 1914 the coin orders the death of Victoriano Huerta who had,
through a military coup, usurped the Mexican Presidency from Francisco Madero and
had him summarily executed the previous year.
This act brought the revolutionary armies of Villa, Obregon, Carranza and Zapata against Huerta
under the Plan of Guadalupe.
Villa’s hatred of Huerta had actually begun much earlier when he had been placed in
Huerta’s army by Francisco Madero as an honorary colonel during the suppression of
Pascual Orozco’s revolt of 1912.
Seen as an overly ambitious competitor and loose cannon, Huerta had Villa jailed and
scheduled for the firing squad for insubordination and horse thievery.
Only the intervention of Madero saved Villa, but the hatred between the two men had
been made plain. Further exacerbating this personal hatred was the murder of Villa’s
political mentor Abraham Gonzalez by Huerta’s forces in March of 1913.
Thus for the coinage distributed to the areas under his control Villa chose a direct
and plain call to arms: “Death to Huerta”.
Appalled by such a personal affront Huerta made it punishable by death to possess
one of these Pesos.
After a string of military losses culminating in the Battle of Zacatecas,
General Huerta was forced to resign the presidency and went into exile,
dying in U.S. custody in 1916.
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Cool coin and history! This isn't the one made with a silver-gold alloy, is it?
Struck in silver. I presume 90% but Mexico could be .800 or .720
Some die cracks. Good luster in lettering.
I've been fascinated by this coin for years. Finally had to get it.
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No. In fact, the coin that claims gold content was minted by Zapata and has no gold amount to speak of. But Zapata did it to gain acceptance for the issue.
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Silver/gold coins were minted in Oaxaca, too.