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1 Real - Fernando VII Royalist Coinage
| Issuer | Sombrerete, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1811-1812 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#173 |
| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned monogram of Fernando VII, rendered in a crude provincial style characteristic of Royalist emergency coinage. The monogram is surrounded by a circular legend reading FERDIN VII SOMBRERETE, identifying both the monarch and the issuing municipality. The overall design reflects the rudimentary engraving techniques employed at the Sombrerete Mint during the Mexican War of Independence. The coin exhibits a roughly finished surface typical of hastily struck emergency issues of the period. |
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| Mintage | 1811 - Value as `1R` or `R1` - 1812 - - |
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Sombrerete's Royalist issues of 1811–12 were emergency coinages struck under siege conditions, as insurgent forces under Insurgency general Francisco de Osorno repeatedly threatened the silver-mining town in Zacatecas. The mint operated under military authorization to fund Royalist resistance, and the crude execution reflects production under duress rather than any lapse in official oversight.
KM#173 is among the scarcer municipal emergency types from New Spain's civil war period — Sombrerete's mint operated only briefly before the Royalist position in the region collapsed.