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100 Pesos Oaxaca Royalist Coin of 1812
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Currency | New Peso (1992-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The silver centre bears a faithful reproduction of the 1812 Oaxaca Royalist provisional 8 Reales coin, dominated by a large, stylised lion passant in the field — a characteristic feature of this emergency wartime issue. The surrounding aluminium-bronze ring carries the inscriptions HERENCIA NUMISMÁTICA DE MÉXICO, the Mexico City mint mark Mo, the date 2014, and the denomination $100, distributed around the periphery in raised Latin lettering. |
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This is one piece in Mexico's long-running commemorative series honoring coins struck during the War of Independence, specifically reproducing the Royalist emergency coinage issued in Oaxaca in 1812. When insurgent forces disrupted normal supply lines, both sides resorted to improvised local issues — the Oaxacan Royalist pieces were among the crudest official coinages produced by either faction, struck under siege conditions with whatever dies and planchets the garrison could manage.
The 2014 Mexican series reproduces these issues in bimetallic format, a deliberate contrast to the primitive originals.