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1 Real Insurgent Coinage
| Issuer | State of Oaxaca |
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| Year | 1811-1813 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crudely hammered reverse field bearing a large, stylized monogram of 'M' (for Morelos) prominently in the upper portion of the flan, accompanied by the denomination indicator '1R' (1 Real) and the date '1812' arranged in the lower field. The characters are boldly raised in a rough, hand-cut style consistent with emergency insurgent coinage. The overall design is asymmetric and primitively executed, reflecting the makeshift mint conditions of the Oaxacan insurgency during the Mexican War of Independence. The flat, granular field shows typical surface irregularities characteristic of hammered copper coinage of this type. |
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Oaxaca became one of the most prolific issuers of insurgent coinage during Mexico's independence struggle, operating provisional mints precisely because royalist forces controlled the established mints at Mexico City and Guanajuato. The pieces struck under José María Morelos were deliberate instruments of administrative legitimacy — circulated within insurgent-controlled territory to demonstrate that a functioning parallel government existed.
Copper was the practical choice under siege conditions. KM#222 is known with enough die variation across the 1811–1813 window to suggest multiple working dies cut by different hands.