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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4602510, member: 102103&quot;]Day 105:&nbsp; A small collection of Mexican 1/4 reales</p><p><br /></p><p>From L to R:&nbsp; </p><p>1/4 real, 1836&nbsp; (Centralist Republic of Mexico, 1835-1846)</p><p>1/4 real, Sonora State, 1861&nbsp; (Second Federal Republic of Mexico, 1846-1863)</p><p>1/4 real, Chihuahua State, 1860&nbsp; (Second Federal Republic of Mexico, 1846-1863)</p><p><br /></p><p>The later two provincial issues are from just before the French intervention.&nbsp; France</p><p>took advantage of the US Civil War as a hiatus from the Monroe Doctrine.&nbsp; The US</p><p>was too preoccupied to seriously oppose France&#039;s attempt to set up the Second</p><p>Mexican Empire under Maximilian I.&nbsp; I believe the original French intervention was </p><p>a joint action with Spain to seize Veracruz in retaliation for Mexican President Benito</p><p>Juarez&#039;s suspension of interest payments on debt.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1140006[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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