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1/8 Real 'Octavo' Pattern
| Issuer | State of Zacatecas |
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| Year | 1833 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse lettering | ESTo LIBe FEDo DE ZACATECAS • 1833 * OCTAVO * |
| Reverse description | A winged putto (child) depicted in motion, striding to the right while turning to face left, rendered in a classical allegorical style. In the background, a Phrygian cap — the traditional symbol of liberty — is shown surrounded by radiating rays of light, emphasizing the republican and libertarian iconography of the design. The field is otherwise plain, with no additional legend or inscription. |
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Zacatecas operated one of the most productive silver mines in the world during the early nineteenth century, yet the state mint struggled chronically with small-denomination coinage. This pattern was struck in 1833 as the newly independent Mexican states were still negotiating the boundaries between federal and local minting authority — Zacatecas being particularly assertive in that fight. Whether the octavo was ever seriously considered for circulation or existed purely as a bureaucratic proof of concept is unresolved; KM#Pn40 records no adopted successor.