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1/4 Real Pattern
| Issuer | State of Guanajuato |
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| Year | 1828 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTADO LIBRE DE GUANAJUATO * UNA CUARTILLA * (Translation: Free State of Guanajuato * One Quarter Real *) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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In the years following Mexican independence, several states briefly asserted their own coinage authority before the federal government consolidated minting operations. Guanajuato's 1828 copper pattern for a quarter real was part of this short-lived experiment in regional monetary autonomy — the state already hosted one of the most productive silver mints in the world at the Guanajuato mint, yet copper fractional coinage remained a persistent gap in everyday commerce.
As a pattern, KM#Pn17 never reached circulation. The proposal died with the broader suppression of state-level coinage rights under centralized Mexican monetary law.