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8 Reales Chilpanzingo and Morelos Countermarks
| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 1809-1822 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse of the host coin displays the laureate and draped bust of Ferdinand VII facing right, with the legend FERDIN · VII · DEI · GRATIA surrounding the effigy. The date 1810 appears in the lower exergue. Superimposed upon the bust are two insurgent countermarks: the Chilpanzingo Type A mark, typically a six-pointed star or sunburst device, and the Morelos Type A mark, generally a monogram or symbolic device, both applied by revolutionary forces during the Mexican War of Independence to validate or repurpose royalist coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse retains the design of the host Spanish colonial milled 8 Reales, featuring the crowned royal arms of Castile and León at center, flanked by the Pillars of Hercules with scrolling banners. The partial legend reads HISPAN · ET · IND · R and includes the mint mark and assayer initial, consistent with Mexico City Mint production. The surrounding field bears the characteristic milled border of the macuquina-style coinage. |
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