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8 Reales - Fernando VII Royalist coinage
| Issuer | State of Chihuahua |
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| Year | 1810-1813 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Crowned royal shield of Spain, quartered with castles and lions in the traditional Castile-León arrangement, flanked on either side by the Pillars of Hercules. The pillars bear scroll devices and rest on a ground line, representing the Strait of Gibraltar. A circular legend surrounds the entire composition, with the mint mark, assayer initials, denomination, and royal title distributed around the periphery, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | HISPAN•ET IND•REX•CA•8R•R•P• (Translation: King of Spain and the Indies Chihuahua 8 Reales RP) |
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During the early insurgency period, royalist authorities in the far northern province of Nueva Vizcaya continued striking coinage in the name of Fernando VII — the captive king held by Napoleon at Valençay — partly as a political statement, partly out of sheer necessity. Supply lines to Mexico City were unreliable, and Chihuahua's relative isolation from the worst of the fighting meant the mint could operate with some continuity even as the colony fractured around it.
The Chihuahua mint was a provisional facility, and its output from these years shows it. Planchet irregularities and crude execution are endemic to the type, not incidental.