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  • 1/4 Real 1829-1837, KM# 358, Mexico
  • 1/4 Real 1829-1837, KM# 358, Mexico
Description

The First Federal Republic was a republic and federation governing Mexico from 1824 to 1835. The republic was proclaimed on November 1, 1823 by the Constituent Congress, months after the fall of the Mexican Empire led by Agustín de Iturbide. The federation was formally and legally established on October 4, 1824 when the Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States came into force. The republic was ruled by two triumvirates and nine presidents. On October 23, 1835, after the repeal of the Constitution of 1824, the Federal Republic was changed to a Centralist Republic.

Obverse

Depicts coat of arms of Mexico with the inscription "Republic of Mexico" forming a semicircle above it.

The coat of arms depicts a Mexican golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. Oak and laurel branches below. To the people of Tenochtitlan this would have strong religious connotations, but to the Europeans, it would come to symbolize the triumph of good over evil (with the snake sometimes representative of the serpent in the Garden of Eden).

REPUBLICA MEXICANA

Reverse

Value, date, and mintmark within a palm wreath.

1
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4
Mo.A.1836•

Edge

Incuse rectangles

1/4 Real

1st Republic, Federal Coinage
KM# 358
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Characteristics
Material Copper
Weight 7 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 1.71 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Mexico City Mint (M)

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