8 Reales Portrait of Fernando VII

Popayán's mint, operating in what is now southern Colombia, was among the most isolated royal mints in Spanish America — situated in highland terrain that made bullion transport genuinely hazardous. During the 1810–1820 window, the mint operated under shifting political pressures as independence movements disrupted supply chains and administrative control changed hands more than once. Coins struck here in these years may have been produced under royalist, patriot, or contested authority depending on the specific date.

The Hernández references 272–277 cover multiple date varieties, each potentially struck under different political circumstances.