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1/2 Real Insurgent Coinage
| Issuer | State of Oaxaca |
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| Year | 1811-1813 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a stylized bow and arrow device, the arrow pointing upward, symbolizing the insurgent cause of the southern armies during the Mexican War of Independence. The device is rendered in a bold, primitive style characteristic of emergency hammered coinage. Below the central device, the legend S.U.D. (abbreviation for Sur, meaning South) appears in large capital letters. The entire design is enclosed within a border of repeating chevron or arrow-shaped ornaments arranged in a wreath-like pattern around the periphery. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The provisional coinage of Oaxaca was struck under the authority of the insurgent junta following José María Morelos's capture of the city in November 1812. With royalist supply lines severed and no access to the established mints at Mexico City or Zacatecas, local authorities improvised production using crude hand-cut dies and whatever silver could be sourced regionally. The results were intentionally functional rather than refined.
Royalist forces retook Oaxaca in March 1814, abruptly ending this coinage's production window — which accounts for the tight date range and relatively low surviving populations of cleanly struck pieces.