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Mexico Coin Taxonomy

A source-reconciled map of Mexico coinage by historical period, monetary system, denomination, series, mint, assayer capability, and monetary function.

Thumbnail of Representative Mexico City 1715 cob 8 Reales
Cob 8 RealesRepresentative 1715 Mexico City cob 8 Reales; not a universal die model for the series.
Thumbnail of Representative Philip V 1739 Mexico City Pillar 8 Reales
Pillar 8 RealesRepresentative Philip V 1739 M° MF Pillar 8 Reales; not a universal die model for the series.
Thumbnail of Representative Charles IV 1805 Mexico City Portrait 8 Reales
Portrait 8 RealesRepresentative Charles IV 1805 M° TH Portrait 8 Reales; not a universal die model for the series.
Thumbnail of 1840 Guanajuato Go PJ Republican Cap-and-Rays 8 Reales
Republican Cap-and-RaysExact 1840 Go PJ Guanajuato issue; representative use must be labeled.Representative issue; exact identity retained
15periods
48denominations
221series families
25mint entities
35registered sources

Two primary paths, three supporting lenses

Browse the classification before opening a coin study.

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Period-first browser

Follow overlapping political and monetary regimes from colonial striking to current families.

Open overview →48

Denomination-first browser

Keep reales, escudos, old pesos, nuevos pesos, and current pesos distinct.

Open overview →25

Mint browser

Connect national, branch, provisional, and revolutionary production to explicit entities.

Open overview →33

Modern circulation

Separate current, older valid, commemorative, and withdrawal statuses.

Open overview →16

Special domains

Preserve the boundaries around emergency coinage, bullion, tokens, and medals.

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Normalized hierarchy

A route is earned only when content is ready.

Colonial 8 Reales is the first branch to pass the deeper production workflow. Issue, assayer-attribution, and variety routes remain future research.

  1. Country
  2. Period and authority
  3. Monetary system
  4. Denomination
  5. Series family
  6. Issue · mint · assayer · variety

First production encyclopedia

Follow Mexico’s 8 Reales from hammered silver to the portrait era.

Four researched families connect complete type tables, mint-and-assayer context, grading, authentication, image rights, and publication gates.

Open Mexico 8 Reales
MacuquinaColumnarioBusto1538 evidence–1821

Historical spine

Fifteen overlapping research periods.

before 1536Pre-mint and Indigenous Exchange Context0 series1536–1821Spanish Colonial Coinage95 series1810–1821Independence and Emergency Coinage19 series1822–1823First Mexican Empire8 series1823–1897Republican Real-and-Escudo Coinage17 series1863–1867Republican Decimal Transition8 series1864–1867Second Mexican Empire6 series1867–1876Restored Republic17 series1876–1911Porfiriato and Late Republican Coinage28 series1905–19171905 Monetary Reform10 series1910–1920Mexican Revolution and Regional Issues16 series1917–1970Post-Revolution and Banco de México Era23 series1970–1992Inflation and Pre-Revaluation Coinage28 series1993–1995Nuevo Peso and Family B20 series1996–presentCurrent Peso: Families C, C1, and D22 series

Major series browser

Seven research priorities with stable taxonomy anchors.

These links open overview records; they do not create thin series pages.

Philip V Pillar 8 Reales1732–1746 · Spanish Colonial Coinage
silverConfirmed · minor conflict
Republican Cap and Rays 8 Reales1823–1897 · Republican Real-and-Escudo Coinage
silverConfirmed · minor conflict
Iturbide 8 Reales1822–1823 · First Mexican Empire
silverConfirmed · minor conflict
Maximilian 1 Peso1864–1867 · Second Mexican Empire
silverConfirmed · minor conflict
Caballito Peso1910–1914 · 1905 Monetary Reform
silverConfirmed · minor conflict
Centenario 50 Pesos1921–1947 · Post-Revolution and Banco de México Era
goldConfirmed · minor conflict
Silver Libertad 1 troy ounce1982–present · Current Peso: Families C, C1, and D
silverConfirmed

Evidence and boundaries

Official status first; specialist structure second.

Official institutions control history, law, and circulation status. Specialist catalogs support series and attribution structure; community catalogs are discovery evidence only.