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2 Escudos - Fernando VII
| Issuer | Mexico City Mint |
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| Year | 1814-1821 |
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| Composition | Gold (.875) |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDIN•VII•D•G• HISP•ET IND•R •1814• (Translation: Fernando 7th King of Spain and the Indies by the grace of God) |
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| Mintage | 1814 HJ - - 1815 JJ - - 1816 JJ - - 1817 JJ - - 1818 JJ - - 1819 JJ - - 1820 JJ - - 1821 JJ - - |
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Fernando VII never set foot in New Spain, yet his portrait circulated through every layer of colonial commerce while the viceroyalty was actively tearing itself apart. The Mexican War of Independence, grinding through its most violent phase between 1814 and 1821, created severe disruptions to bullion transport from the mines north of the capital, making consistent production at the Mexico City Mint genuinely difficult in several of these years. Low-mintage dates from 1815 and 1816 reflect those supply chain collapses directly.
The series ended abruptly when Agustín de Iturbide's Army of the Three Guarantees entered Mexico City in August 1821, immediately suspending coinage in Fernando's name.