1818 1/2 RL Texas Jola, Small Planchet MS (PCGS#661)
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- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 7179
- 等级
- AU50
- 价格
- 293,835
- 详细说明
- 1818 New Spain (Texas) Jola, or 1/2 Real. W-8540. Small Planchet. Large Letters, Star with Rounded Tips. AU-50 (PCGS). In the early 1800s, prior to gaining independence after a bloody revolution in 1835-1836, Texas was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Much of Texas's territory had been settled and colonized by Franciscan Catholic missionaries beginning in the 1700s, the first of their missions -- the now famous Alamo -- being erected in the San Antonio River valley in 1718. By the early 1800s the interior of Texas was settled to the extent that the region enjoyed a bustling economy centered around Spanish missions such as the Alamo. The region around San Antonio de Bexar, Goliad and Nacogdoches became particularly important to the economy of Texas during that period.<br /> At the same time, however, war was raging south of Texas in Mexico, which sought to overthrow nearly 300 years of Spanish colonial rule. The chaos that resulted from the Mexican War of Independence certainly affected the northern province of Texas, in the economic sphere by contributing to a shortage of small denomination coinage for use in circulation. Most such coinage that was used in Texas up until that point in time was produced by regional mints in Mexico, the activities at which became chaotic during the War of Independence. To help alleviate this shortage of coinage, citizens and business owners in and around San Antonio de Bexar at first resorted to issuing paper scrip. These notes failed to gain widespread public acceptance, however, which meant that another alternative had to be found.<br /> In 1817, the acting Spanish Governor Manuel Pardo obtained permission from Mexico City to issue a small quantity of copper coinage to meet the need for such pieces that had arisen in commerce in the area around San Antonio de Bexar. Pardo at first gave the contract to a local merchant named Manuel Barrera, w
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