1856,  Mexico (1st Republic), Guanajuato (State Coinage).  Brass 1/4 Real Coin.

Mint Year: 1856 Reference: KM-352a. Mint Place: Guanajuato Denomination: 1/4 Real (Quartilla) Condition: Badly corroded and/or crudely produced (sand-cast?), otherwise VG-F!  Weight: 13.67gm Diameter: 32mm Material: Brass

Obverse: Eagle with a snake in its beak, standing on a cactus plant, sea waves below. Legend: EST : LIB : DE GUANAXUATO . 1856 / * CUARTILLA *

Reverse: Illuminated cap of Liberty above oval medallion with two hands holding a die and a minter´s hammer. Legend "Work conquers all." below. all within wreath. Legend: OMNIA VINCIT LABOR

Labor omnia vincit is a Latin phrase meaning "Work conquers all". The phrase is adapted from Virgil's Georgics, Book I, line 145–6: ...Labor omnia vicit / improbus ("Steady work overcame all things"). The poem was written in support of Augustus Caesar's "Back to the land" policy, aimed at encouraging more Romans to become farmers. The actual meaning of the phrase can be obtained as the following: "anything can be achieved if proper work is applied".

Guanajuato, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states which make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. Guanajuato is in central Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Jalisco to the west, Zacatecas to the northwest, San Luis Potosí to the north, Querétaro to the east, and Michoacán to the south.