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Cacalotepec

Guerrero Cacalotepec

Once the revolutionaries began to exploit the Campo Morado mine, a mint was established in Cacalotepec, in what is now the house of the Comisaría Municipal. The area was still under Zapatista Army control and still producing in 1917.

Only one coin, a silver 20c, is known from this locality.They were struck with the same obverse die that was also used on Cacahuatepec 20c silver coins.

KM 652 20c CacalotepecKM 652 20c Cacalotepec reverse
KM-652; GB-151 Cacalotepec 20c (Stack’s Bowers auction, 1 November 2023, lot 72197