1822 Augustine Iturbide Proclamation Medal (Zacatecas)

The 1822 Augustine Iturbide Proclamation Medal (Zacatecas) was struck in 1822 and is part of the Mexican Imperial Coinage series.

Specifications

 * Designer:
 * Obverse Design: The Mexican eagle in an ornamental and conventionalized shield
 * Reverse Design: Within a laurel wreath an inscription in six lines
 * Edge: Plain
 * Weight:
 * Diameter: 32mm
 * Composition: Silver and copper
 * Date Minted: 1822
 * Mintage:

Design
Obverse. The Mexican eagle in an ornamental and conventionalized shield, surmounted by an imperial crown; a sword and sceptre crossed behind, and at each side a branch of laurel. Legend: A AGUSTIN I EMPERADOR CONSTITUCIONAL DE MEXICO (To Augustine, First Constitutional Emperor of Mexico.)

Reverse. Within a laurel wreath an inscription in six lines, above which is an eight-pointed star, PROCLAMADO | EN LA M. N. VL ZACAT | POR SU AYUNTAMIENTO | COMERCIO Y MINERIA | A 26 DE DBRE. | DE l822. (Proclaimed in the very noble city of Zacatecas by the Magistrates, Merchants and Miners, 26 Dec., 1822, reading the letters before ZACAT as a cipher of VIL [Villa], though possibly they are meant for Y L [eal], i. e., and loyal.) A mark above the month, indicating the omission of the letters needed to complete the word Diciembre. Rims and edge plain.