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8 Reales - Agustín I
| Issuer | Mexican Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1822 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Agustín de Iturbide was crowned Emperor of Mexico in July 1822 — less than a year after independence — making this one of the shortest-lived imperial coinages in the Western Hemisphere. The mint at Mexico City had been striking Spanish colonial 8 reales for over two centuries before being pressed into service for a brand-new imperial authority that would collapse by March 1823.
Congress declared the empire dissolved after Iturbide's abdication, and many of these coins were likely recalled or overstruck as the republic scrambled to establish its own monetary identity. The 1822 date window is extremely narrow.