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1 Peso - Maximiliano I Pattern Strike, Small Letters
| Issuer | Mexican Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | MAXIMILIANO EMPERADOR NAVALON OCAMPO SPIRITU |
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| Mintage | 1866 Mo |
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Maximilian I authorized pattern coinage throughout his brief reign as the French-installed Emperor of Mexico, using trial strikes to test designs, dies, and planchet specifications before committing to full production runs. By 1866, his empire was collapsing: French troops were withdrawing under American diplomatic pressure, and Juarista republican forces were closing in. Whether this copper pattern ever informed a circulating issue is uncertain — the imperial mint at Mexico City was producing under increasingly desperate administrative conditions.
Maximilian was executed at Querétaro in June 1867, less than a year after this piece was struck.