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2 Reales Pre-republican - Cundinamarca
| Issuer | Cundinamarca, State of |
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| Year | 1815-1816 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#C4, Hernández#197-198 |
| Obverse description | Central device depicts a pomegranate fruit with characteristic cross-hatched surface and leafy calyx at the crown, flanked by two large spreading leaves at the base, all rendered in relief against a flat field. The denomination numerals '2' and 'R' appear to the left and right of the central device respectively. The circular legend reads NUEVA GRANADA · CUNDINAMARCA · J · F, with a rosette stop at the base, referencing both the broader confederation and the province of Cundinamarca along with the assayer's initials J.F. |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of a crowned female allegorical figure representing American Liberty facing left, her long hair falling freely behind the neck, wearing a prominent mural crown with battlements and feathered cresting. The effigy is rendered in a provincial neoclassical style characteristic of early Colombian independence-era coinage. The surrounding legend LIBERTAD AMERICANA arcs across the upper and lateral fields, while the date appears in the lower exergual area between two dot stops. |
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Cundinamarca declared itself an independent republic in 1811 under its own constitution, making it one of the earliest autonomous states carved from the collapsing Spanish colonial structure in New Granada. These coins were struck during the period historians call La Patria Boba — the Foolish Fatherland — a fractious interval of competing federalist and centralist factions before Simón Bolívar's campaigns consolidated Gran Colombia. The .583 fineness reflects a deliberate reduction from colonial Spanish silver standards, a pragmatic compromise given the disrupted supply of refined metal reaching Bogotá's mint during the royalist blockades of 1815.