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1 Real United Provinces of Nueva Granada
| Issuer | United Provinces of New Granada |
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| Year | 1819 |
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| Weight | 3.15 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting a pomegranate fruit in profile, partially open to reveal its seeds, borne on a short stem with two flanking leafy branches, all rendered in low relief against a flat field. The circumferential legend NUEVA GRANADA is inscribed along the upper arc, while the denomination mark 1R and the assayer initials J•F appear to the right, separated by dot stops. A beaded or reeded border frames the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing draped bust of an allegorical female figure representing American Liberty, wearing a feathered crown or turreted headdress with long flowing hair falling over the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in moderate relief with fine linear detail on the headdress plumes and hair strands. The circular legend LIBERTAD AMERICANA arcs around the upper and lateral border, while the date 1819 appears in the lower field flanked by two dot stops. A reeded border surrounds the entire design. |
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The United Provinces of New Granada — the loose confederacy that preceded Bolívar's Gran Colombia — was in the final months of its existence when this coin was struck. Royalist forces had been pressing hard through the region since 1816, and the republican government was functioning under severe military and financial strain. Gran Colombia was formally declared in December 1819, rendering this issuing authority effectively obsolete within the same year the coin was produced.