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8 Reales Profile Eagle
| Issuer | Republic of Mexico |
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| Year | 1823-1825 |
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| Value | 8 Reales |
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| Obverse description | National arms of the early Mexican Republic featuring the profile eagle, a distinctive right-facing eagle with wings displayed, perched on a cactus rising from a lake, with a serpent in its beak. This profile eagle design, rendered in full breast view, is unique to the 1823–1825 Republican coinage and was subsequently replaced. The circular legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA surrounds the central device. |
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| Reverse description | Radiant Phrygian liberty cap centered in the field, symbolizing republican freedom, with rays emanating outward. The surrounding legend and exergual inscriptions record the denomination, mint mark, date, assayer's initials, and silver fineness. The example illustrated bears the inscription 8R.Go.1824.J.M.10 Ds.20 Gs., denoting 8 Reales, Guanajuato Mint, 1824, assayers J.M., with a fineness of 10 dineros 20 granos. |
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| Mintage | 1823 Mo JJ - KM#A376.2. Standard or Republic edge. - 1823 Mo JJ - KM#A376.3. Colonial or Circle - Rectangle edge. - 1823 Mo JM - KM#A376.4. Standard or Republic edge. Round topped `3`. - 1824 Go JM - KM#A376.1. - 1824 Mo JJ - KM#A376.2. Standard or Republic edge. - 1824 Mo JM - KM#A376.5. Error `REPULICA`. - 1825 Go JJ - KM#A376.1. Over-date 5/4 exists. - |
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