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8 Escudos - Agustín I
| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 1822 |
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| Currency | Real (1535-1897) |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned draped bust of Agustín de Iturbide (Agustín I, Emperor of Mexico) facing right, with short curly hair and a plain truncation, occupying the central field. The circumferential legend reads AUGUSTINUS DEI PROVIDENTIA, separated by bullet stops, with the mint mark Mo at lower left and the date 1822 at the bottom, likewise flanked by bullet stops. The portrait is rendered in a neoclassical style with clean, high-relief modeling typical of the Mexico City Mint's early imperial coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The national arms of the First Mexican Empire, popularly known as the 'Crowned duck' or 'Crowned chick' type, displayed at center: a crowned eagle perched atop a cactus growing from a rocky outcrop, with quivers of arrows and pre-Hispanic macuahuitl (obsidian-edged swords) arranged below. The design is surrounded by a circular legend, and the denomination numeral 8 and assayer initials JM appear within the legend. The overall composition reflects the transitional heraldic style of early independent Mexico, combining indigenous and imperial European iconographic elements. |
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| Reverse lettering | CONSTITUT•8•S•J•M•MEX•I•IMPERATOR• (Translation: 8 Escudos JM Mexico's 1st Constitutional Emperor) |
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