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8 Escudos
| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 1824-1873 |
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| Weight | 27.07 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Mexican national arms of the First Republic: an eagle passant displayed upon a cactus rising from a rock amid a lake, the eagle grasping a serpent in its beak and talons. The shield is encircled by a wreath composed of oak and laurel branches tied at the base. The circular legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA arcs across the upper periphery of the field. The overall design is executed in the neoclassical style characteristic of early Mexican republican coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Translation: MEXICAN REPUBLIC) |
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Mexico's 8 escudos survived the transition from colonial rule almost entirely intact as a monetary instrument — the young republic initially had neither the administrative capacity nor the political will to redesign its coinage from scratch. What changed was the eagle, not the architecture of the coin's monetary function.
Production was distributed across multiple assay offices — Mexico City, Culiacán, Durango, Guanajuato, Hermosillo, Oaxaca, and others — each with distinct assayer initials that today drive significant price differentials among specialists. The Culiacán and Hermosillo issues from the 1860s are notably scarce by mintage.