8 Escudos - Agustín I

Agustín de Iturbide declared himself Emperor of Mexico in July 1822, and this coin is among the very few gold issues struck under his reign before his forced abdication in March 1823. The Mexico City mint produced only a small quantity before the imperial government collapsed, making this a genuinely short-reign issue by any measure — Iturbide ruled for less than a year before being exiled, and executed the following year upon his unauthorized return to Mexican soil.