2 Reales - Fernando VII Durango - Royalist Coinage

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.