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1/4 Real 'Quarto/Quartilla' Federal Coinage
| Issuer | Mexican Republic |
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| Year | 1829-1837 |
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| Currency | Real (1535-1897) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Translation: Republic of Mexico) |
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| Edge | Incuse rectangles |
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The Mexican federal copper coinage of the late 1820s and 1830s emerged from a genuine practical crisis: silver was being hoarded and exported so aggressively after independence that small transactions had effectively broken down in many regions. The quartilla was a direct administrative response, minted to plug the fractional gap that silver could no longer fill. Individual state mints struck their own copper alongside the federal issues, creating a chaotic parallel circulation that the central government repeatedly failed to suppress.
KM#358 specimens vary considerably by mint of origin, and attribution without a clear mint mark can be genuinely contested among specialists.