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8 Reales Pattern
| Issuer | Mexican Republic |
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| Year | 1829 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Translation: Mexican Republic) |
| Reverse description | Central device features a Phrygian cap of Liberty inscribed LIBERTAD, set upon a prominent sunburst of alternating long and short radiating rays that fill the field, evoking the imagery of Enlightenment-era republican coinage. The legend and mintage data are distributed around the lower periphery in two lines, recording the denomination, mint, date, assayers' initials, and fineness specifications. The overall composition is bold and symmetrical, consistent with pattern coinage produced at the San Luis Potosí Mint during the early Mexican Republic. |
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This copper pattern was struck as part of Mexico's ongoing effort to standardize coinage in the turbulent early years of the republic, when the new government inherited a fragmented mint system across multiple cities, each operating with inconsistent standards. An 8 reales denomination in copper was never adopted for circulation — silver remained the mandated metal for that value.
KM# Pn10 is among the rarer documented Mexican patterns of the period, with surviving examples almost certainly originating from Mexico City.