100 Pesos Oaxaca Royalist Coin of 1812

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.