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1/4 Real 'Quarto/Quartilla'
| Issuer | State of Jalisco |
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| Year | 1836 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A seated figure of Liberty faces left, holding a liberty cap mounted on a pole in her raised hand; the denomination legend is split to either side of the central figure. The inscription UN QUARTO appears in the field, divided by the Liberty figure, with ornamental stars punctuating the legend. The design is contained within a milled border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Jalisco issued this copper fractional in 1836 under the authority granted to Mexican states during the early republic's chronic shortage of small change. Federal silver fractions were being hoarded or exported, leaving everyday transactions — market purchases, wages for day laborers — without a practical medium. Several states responded by striking their own copper coinage, with varying degrees of official sanction from Mexico City.
KM#354 is known with die alignment variations, and examples in collectible condition are genuinely scarce; most circulated hard in provincial commerce before being withdrawn as federal coinage policy tightened in subsequent decades.