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| Emittent | Congress of Chilpancingo |
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| Jahr | 1809-1822 |
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| Form | Round |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Reverse of the host coin, retaining its original royalist design elements, which on the example illustrated appear to include a crowned royal arms with a castle and lion, accompanied by partial remnants of the surrounding legend. The design is heavily worn and partially obscured by the effects of countermarking on the obverse. The denomination numeral and mint marks of the host coin may be partially legible in the lower field. The overall surface shows the characteristic wear and striking marks associated with circulated insurgent-period host coinage. |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The Congress of Chilpancingo, convened by José María Morelos in September 1813, needed a circulating coinage to legitimize its authority as an independent governing body — but had no mint infrastructure to produce one from scratch. The solution was pragmatic: existing Spanish colonial silver was countermarked and reissued under insurgent authority. The countermark itself was the statement of sovereignty, not the host coin beneath it.
Host coins span a wide date range because the insurgency sourced whatever silver was at hand. Attributing a specific host coin date to this issue is largely irrelevant — the countermark is the coin.