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2 Reales Popayan
| Issuer | Province of Popayán |
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| Year | 1813 |
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| Value | 2 Reales |
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| Obverse lettering | NUEVO REYNO DE GRANADA AÑO 1813. (Translation: New Kingdom of Granada Year 1813) |
| Reverse description | The denomination 2 REALES is inscribed in two lines across the central field, with the numeral 2 above and REALES below. The peripheral legend PROVINCIA DE POPAYAN encircles the design, interrupted at the top by a small rosette ornament as a stop. The bold milled border frames both faces uniformly, consistent with the provincial copper emergency coinage struck at Popayán during the early independence era. |
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Popayán's copper emergency issues of 1813 emerged from the collapse of royalist supply lines during the early independence struggle in New Granada. The mint at Popayán — one of the oldest and most productive silver mints in Spanish South America — had no shortage of skilled personnel but faced acute metal shortages as the wars disrupted normal bullion flows from the surrounding mining regions. Copper was the expedient solution. These pieces circulated in a city that changed hands repeatedly between patriot and royalist forces over the following decade.