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1/2 Real - Fernando VII Royalist Coinage
| Issuer | Provisional Government of Oaxaca |
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| Year | 1812 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central cross pattée dividing the field into four quarters, with the denomination indicator 'F' and '7' flanking the lower arms of the cross, referencing Fernando VII. The design is crudely struck in the hammered tradition, with a beaded border surrounding the entire composition. The rough, irregular flan is characteristic of the emergency provisional coinage produced during the Mexican War of Independence. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Royalist provisional coinage of Oaxaca emerged as a direct administrative response to the insurgency that had disrupted normal supply lines from Mexico City. When rebel forces under Morelos cut off the region, local royalist authorities needed circulating silver and couldn't wait for official shipments. These emergency issues were authorized locally and struck with noticeably crude workmanship — not by accident or incompetence, but because the engravers and equipment available in Oaxaca in 1812 were simply not the Mexico City mint.
Morelos himself captured Oaxaca in November 1812, ending royalist coin production there entirely.