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Maximilian I (Spanish: Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; German: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who became emperor of the Second Mexican Empire from 10 April 1864 until his execution by the Mexican Republic on 19 June 1867.
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The post-independence silver peso contained 27.07 grams of 90.3% fine silver (24.44 g fine) while the gold peso or half escudo contained 1.6915 grams of 87.5% fine gold (1.48 g fine). After most of Europe switched to the gold standard in the 1870s the gold peso substantially rose in value against the silver peso, until it became 2 silver pesos ...
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1868–69), oil on canvas, 252 × 305 cm. Kunsthalle Mannheim The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1867–1868), oil on canvas. National Gallery, London The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1867), oil on canvas, 195.9 × 259.7 cm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Execution of Emperor Maximilian (1867), oil on canvas, 48 × 58 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ...
There were silver 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 reales, and gold 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 escudos, with silver 1 ⁄ 4 reales added in 1842. Copper coins for 1 ⁄ 16 , 1 ⁄ 8 and 1 ⁄ 4 real were issued both by the Federal government at the Mexico City mint and by the state governments at various mints around the country.
The founding of the Casa de Moneda de Manila mint in 1857 and the minting of gold 1, 2 and 4 peso coins starting 1861, and; The minting of 50, 20 and 10 centimo silver coins starting 1864. As with Mexican dollars, the Philippine unit was based on silver, unlike the United States and Canada where a gold standard operated. Thus, following the ...