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10 Centavos - Maximiliano I
| Issuer | Imperial Mexican Mint |
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| Year | 1864-1866 |
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| Value | 10 Centavos (0.10 MXP) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the denomination and date arranged in three horizontal lines at the center of the field: 10 on the uppermost line, CENT. below it, and the four-digit year 1864 beneath that, followed by the mint assayer initial P on the lowest line. The entire central legend is encircled by a symmetrical wreath of laurel branches tied at the base, with the tips of the branches meeting at the top of the wreath and small pellets punctuating the composition. A plain raised rim and toothed border frame the design. The layout is simple and utilitarian, consistent with the subsidiary silver coinage struck under Maximilian I at multiple Mexican mints. |
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| Mintage | 1864 G - KM#386 - 1864 M - KM#386.1 - 1864 P - KM#386.2 - 1865 G - KM#386 - 1865 Z - KM#386.3 - 1866 M - KM#386.1 overdate varieties exist - |
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Maximilian I never consolidated monetary control over Mexico with any real consistency. His empire depended on French military backing, and the mint network — inherited from the Republican system — operated under chronic funding pressure throughout his reign. The Mexico City facility struck these pieces alongside larger denominations intended to signal imperial legitimacy to a skeptical population, while Republican forces under Juárez maintained parallel administrations in the north.
Maximilian was executed at Querétaro in June 1867, less than a year after the last of these were struck. French troops had already withdrawn by then, leaving the empire structurally hollow well before the firing squad.