Item number: A1812

Year: AD 1865

Material: Gold

Size: 10.3 x 10.3 x 0.1 mm

Weight: 0.14 g

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps and Coins Collection 2014

This is a miniature gold coin minted in the year AD 1865, featuring Emperor Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire as its central figure. The coin does not bear a denomination.

The obverse of this diminutive gold coin features a right-facing portrait of Emperor Maximilian I, with the Latin inscription “MAXIMILIANO EMPERADOR” on either side of the image. The reverse displays the national emblem of the Second Mexican Empire—a crowned eagle with outstretched wings. Below the eagle, the year of issue, “1865,” is inscribed, accompanied by a laurel wreath. The upper left side of the wreath bears the gold purity mark, “333.” Encircling the top of the reverse is the Latin inscription “IMPERIO MEXICANO,” signifying the Mexican Empire.

The Second Mexican Empire existed from AD 1863 to AD 1867 and was established as a result of a military invasion led by France under Emperor Napoleon III, citing Mexico’s unpaid foreign debts as justification. In AD 1861, Mexican President Benito Juárez declared a suspension of debt repayments, provoking discontent among creditor nations, including France, Britain, and Spain. In AD 1862, a coalition force, primarily composed of French troops, launched an invasion to enforce debt repayment, but the campaign soon evolved into an expansionist endeavour by France. After Juárez fled the capital, Napoleon III installed Maximilian of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty as Emperor of Mexico. However, Maximilian struggled to gain widespread support within Mexico. With the conclusion of the American Civil War, the United States strongly backed Juárez and his republican forces. Ultimately, Maximilian was captured by the resistance and executed.

物件編號: A1812

年代: 公元 1865 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 10.3 x 10.3 x 0.1 mm

重量: 0.14 g

來源: 大城郵幣社 2014

這是一枚公元1865年，以墨西哥第二帝國的皇帝馬西米連諾一世為主角鑄造的無面額迷你金幣。

這一枚嬌小的金幣正面是馬西米連諾一世右側肖像，肖像兩側以拉丁文打印「MAXIMILIANO EMPERADOR」(馬西米連諾 皇帝)。錢幣背面是墨西哥第二帝國國徽，一隻頂著皇冠的展翅雄鷹。鷹徽下方標示錢幣的發行年份「1865」和月桂花環，花環的左上側打印含金量為「333」。鷹徽上緣以拉丁文打印國名「IMPERIO MEXICANO」(墨西哥帝國)。

墨西哥第二帝國存在於公元1863至1867年，為拿破崙三世統治的法國以欠債為理由發動軍事入侵而創立的政權。公元1861年，時任墨西哥總統的貝尼托·胡亞雷斯拒絕償還積欠國外的債款，引發法國、英國和西班牙為首的債權人不滿。公元1862年，以法軍為首的聯軍正式入侵逼迫墨西哥還款，然而軍事行動隨即變成法國的擴張野心。貝尼托·胡亞雷斯總統出逃首都後，拿破崙三世找來奧地利哈布斯堡家族的馬西米連諾出任墨西哥皇帝。然而馬西米連諾在墨西哥得到的支持有限，加上結束南北戰爭的美國大力支持貝尼托·胡亞雷斯的反抗力量，最終馬西米連諾遭到反抗軍俘虜和槍決。