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1/4 Real 'Quarto/Quartilla'
| Issuer | State of Chihuahua |
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| Year | 1855-1856 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Reverse description | The denomination expressed as the fraction 1/4 is prominently displayed in the upper central field, with the date below, all enclosed within a broad palm wreath that fills the entire field and curves from the base to the upper periphery on both sides, its fronds rendered in stylized relief. The design is unlettered save for the denomination and date, with no exergue line. The overall composition is bold and simply rendered, consistent with provincial copper coinage of mid-19th century Mexico. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Chihuahua's copper fractional coinage of the mid-1850s was a direct response to a chronic shortage of small-denomination silver that plagued northern Mexico throughout this period. The federal government's inability to supply adequate circulating coinage to remote frontier states forced provincial authorities to issue their own copper pieces — a practice simultaneously common and legally contentious under the centralizing governments of the era.
KM#342 saw production across two consecutive years, which is itself notable for a state issue of this type. Chihuahua sat far from Mexico City, and the logistical realities of the Apache wars and sparse population made even local coin distribution unreliable.