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1 Real - Fernando VII Royalist Coinage
| Issuer | State of Zacatecas |
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| Year | 1811-1812 |
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| Weight | 3.38 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central crowned shield of the Spanish Royal Arms, displaying the quartered castles and lions of Castile and León, flanked by the crowned Pillars of Hercules. The entire device is rendered in the rough provincial style typical of Zacatecas emergency issues. The surrounding legend identifies the coin as provisional coinage of Zacatecas and runs along the outer periphery of the coin. |
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Zacatecas began striking its own coinage in 1811 after insurgent forces under Hidalgo's movement had disrupted royal mint operations across New Spain. The local intendancy, remaining loyal to the Crown, improvised production using locally available silver — Zacatecas being one of the richest mining regions in the hemisphere — to maintain a functioning royalist monetary system while the broader colony descended into armed conflict.
The series is notably crude by mint standards of the period, a direct consequence of emergency production conditions rather than provincial incompetence.