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1/4 Real Pattern

Issuer State of Sinaloa
Year 1861
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Currency Real (1535-1897)
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Reverse description The denomination expressed as a fraction and the date are displayed in three lines at the centre of the field, reading 1/4 / DE REAL / 1861. The central inscription is encircled by a wreath composed of oak branches on the left and olive branches on the right, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. A beaded border runs along the rim.
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In 1861, Sinaloa was operating with considerable autonomy from the central Mexican government, and local pattern issues like this one reflect the chronic coin shortages that plagued northwestern Mexico throughout the Reform War period. Whether this piece was ever seriously considered for production is unclear — no regular copper fractional coinage was ultimately struck for Sinaloa, making this pattern an endpoint rather than a prototype.

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