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"After New Spain won independence from Spain [1821], it was decided that the new country would be named after its capital, Mexico City, which was founded in 1524 on top of the ancient Aztec capital of México-Tenochtitlan...On two occasions (1821–1823 and 1863–1867), the country was known as Imperio Mexicano (Mexican Empire). All three federal constitutions (1824, 1857 and 1917, the current constitution) used the name Estados Unidos Mexicanos—or the variants Estados Unidos mexicanos and Estados-Unidos Mexicanos, all of which have been translated as "United Mexican States". The term República Mexicana, "Mexican Republic" was used in the 1836 Constitutional Laws..."
Source: Wikipedia
"...Between 1822 and 1823 (after the war of independence) the money bore the profile of Agustin de Iturbide, first Mexican Emperor. The Mexican eagle and the Phrygian cap [aka liberty cap] appeared on the coins issued from that last date to 1862. From 1863 to 1867 the imperial money bore the bust of Maximilian (the emperor). The old republican peso fuerte or duro dates from 1868. This is replaced by the reformed coins of 1905, and by those of still later dates, such as the centennial (1910) coins, for special occasions.
"As late as 1895 there were thirteen mints in the Republic, but as increased facilities of transportation reduced the difficulties attendant upon the carriage of the bullion from mine to mint, the number has been reduced to four, in 1904, and finally the mint in Mexico City is now the only one in operation...
[The Provisional Mints of Mexico were Alamos, Campo Morado, Catorce (Real de Catorce), Chihuahua, Cuencame, Culican, Durango, Estado de Mexico at Tlalpan, Guadalajara, Guadalupe Y Calvo, Guanajuato, Hermosillo, Monclova, Parral, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Sombrerete, Tlalpujahua, Valladolid, Zacatecas, and Zongolica.]
"...From 1899-1900 and through the fiscal year 1904-1905 this coinage, with the exception of the nickel pieces, was conducted at the mints situated in Culiacan, Guanajuato, Zacatecas and Mexico City. In 1905 the first three ceased operation; that in Mexico City produced most of the coins, but in 1905-1906 in Philadelphia were coined 25,000,000 pesos in gold, in 1906-1907 5,000,000 pesos in gold. In 1906-1907 the mints in San Francisco, New Orleans and Denver coined some silver. In 1906-1907 the mint in Birmingham (England) supplied both nickel and bronze coins, but only those of nickel in 1908-1909."
Source: Mexico, a General Sketch, by Pan American Union, Washington, D.C., June, 1911, Pages, 170 & 172.
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First Mexican Republic, 8 Reales, 1829,
Durango Mint, Durango, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-376.3. Hookneck Eagle (El Aguila de Perfil). Rare.
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First Mexican Republic, 8 Reales, 1829,
Tlalpan Mint, State of Mexico, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-377.5. From 1827 to 1830 Tlalpan was the official capital of the State of Mexico, and during this time a mint was operated there. EOMO mintmark. Rare.
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First Mexican Republic, 8 Reales, 1845,
Guanajuato Mint, Guanajuato, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-377.8. Guanajuato is the name of a state in Mexico and that state's capital city.
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Second Mexican Empire, 1 Peso, 1866,
San Luis Potosí Mint, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Silver, KM-388.2. San Luis Potosí is the name of a state in Mexico and that state's capital city. Obverse shows the bare head of a bearded Maximilian.
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Second Mexican Republic, 8 Reales, 1871,
Durango, Durango, Mexico. Silver, Scale and Balance type, KM-208.2.
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Second Mexican Republic, 8 Reales, 1887,
Culiacán Mint, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-377.3. Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital.
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Second Mexican Republic, 8 Reales, 1888,
Guanajuato Mint, Guanajuato, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-377.8. Guanajuato is the name of a state in Mexico and that state's capital city.
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Mexico City Mint, Federal District, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-377.10
This silver coin is considerably toned which is a plus to collectors. |
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Second Mexican Republic, 8 Reales, 1894,
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-377.2. Chihuahua is the name of a state in Mexico and that state's capital city.
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Second Mexican Republic, 8 Reales, 1897,
Culiacán Mint, Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-377.3. Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital.
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Second Mexican Republic, 1 Peso, 1898,
Mexico City Mint, Federal District, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-409.2
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Second Mexican Republic, 1 Peso, 1901,
Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico. Silver, Cap and Rays type, KM-409.3
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