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1/2 Real - Fernando VII Royalist Coinage
| Issuer | State of Zacatecas |
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| Year | 1811 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central crowned royal arms of Castile and León, displaying quartered shield with castles and lions, surmounted by a royal crown, and flanked on either side by the Pillars of Hercules. The date 1811 appears in the lower exergue. The circular legend around the periphery reads FERDIN•VII•DEI•GRATIA•Mo, affirming Fernando VII's sovereignty by divine grace, with the mint initial Mo for Mexico City. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a mountain or volcano with a cross rising from its summit, rendered in a crude, emergency-issue style characteristic of wartime provisional coinage. Below the mountain appear the assayer initials L.V.O. The entire central design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The peripheral legend reads •MONEDA PROVISIONAL DE ZACATECAS L.V.O., identifying this as a provisional issue of Zacatecas struck during the Mexican War of Independence. |
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| Mintage | 1811 |
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