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1 Centavo Pattern
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the denomination UN CENTAVO in two bold lines at center, below which the date 1862 is inscribed, followed by the Mexico City mint mark Mo (appearing as a script M with a superscript o) beneath the date. The entire central legend is enclosed within a wreath of oak and laurel branches tied at the base, with acorn and berry embellishments throughout. The engraver's name PAREDES appears in small capitals along the lower exergue, outside the wreath, serving as the die-sinker's signature on this pattern piece. |
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The 1862 Mexican centavo patterns were struck as part of a broader effort to modernize and decimalize the national coinage system — a project that had been debated since the 1820s but repeatedly stalled by political instability. This particular year is significant: Benito Juárez's government was simultaneously managing the French Intervention, which would bring Maximilian to the throne the following year and effectively suspend domestic monetary reform until the Republic was restored in 1867.
Pattern status means this piece never reached circulation, likely shelved as the political situation collapsed.