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8 Reales Pattern
| Issuer | República de la Nueva Granada |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Obverse description | The arms of the República de la Nueva Granada, rendered as a quartered shield displaying a pomegranate, a cornucopia, a Phrygian cap, and a sailing vessel, occupy the central field and are enclosed within an open wreath of olive or laurel branches tied at the base. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE LA NUEVA GRANADA arcs around the upper periphery, while the date 1849 appears in large numerals in the lower exergual area. The coin exhibits a pronounced milled border and shows rich iridescent toning consistent with its pattern status. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE LA NUEVA GRANADA 1849 |
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Nueva Granada's coinage in the late 1840s was caught between a collapsing colonial monetary infrastructure and the political instability of a republic barely two decades old. This 1849 pattern was part of a broader effort to modernize and standardize the national coinage before the federation fractured further — within a decade, Nueva Granada would reorganize into the Granadine Confederation and eventually Colombia. Pattern issues from Bogotá in this period are genuinely rare; the mint's capacity was limited and official trial pieces rarely survived outside government hands.