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2 Reales - Fernando VII Durango - Royalist Coinage
| Issuer | Real Casa de Moneda de Durango |
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| Year | 1812-1817 |
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| Currency | Real (1535-1897) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned Royal Arms of Spain featuring the quartered shield with castles and lions, flanked on either side by the Pillars of Hercules with scrolling banners. A crown surmounts the shield, and the entire composition is enclosed within a circular border. The denomination numeral '2' and the mint mark 'D' along with the assayer initials appear within or adjacent to the shield design. The legend encircling the reverse identifies the monarch's dominion and the issuing mint. The overall execution reflects the emergency coinage characteristics of the Durango Mint during the Royalist period. |
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The Durango mint operated under royalist control throughout the Mexican War of Independence, producing emergency coinage as insurgent forces progressively dismantled Spanish administrative infrastructure across New Spain. Durango itself remained one of the last royalist strongholds in the north, which explains the mint's uninterrupted output across these years while facilities at Mexico City struggled with supply disruptions and political instability.
Coins from this mint are characteristically crude — not from negligence, but from the conditions of a provincial facility working under siege-era logistics. The KM#93.1 designation covers several die combinations across the six-year run, and attribution to a specific year can be complicated by poorly struck dates.