2013 (Estimated) Republic of Texas Half Ounce Overview

The 2013 Republic of Texas Half Ounce Silver Round is an undocumented but evidence-supported issue within the broader Republic of Texas bullion series. This piece carries the familiar Republic of Texas star-over-Republic outline obverse paired with a distinctive buffalo reverse bearing the inscription “CURRENCY OF THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT NATION” and the web address www.freelakotabank.com.

The reverse also includes the attribution “AOCS Approved • © RJG,” linking the design to the same stylistic family of privately issued Republic of Texas bullion pieces seen in related dated and undated issues. This half-ounce silver issue is presently cataloged as circa 2013 (estimated); it closely matches a known 2015 issue with a different reverse.

2013 (Estimated) Republic of Texas Half Ounce Attribution

The reverse is inscribed “AOCS Approved • © RJG,” attributing the design directly to Rob J. Gray, founder of the American Open Currency Standard — the same copyright credit documented on the 2009 John Galt AOCS Approved Silver Round. This is a more direct attribution link than an organizational or chronological association alone: the struck mark ties the piece to Gray’s AOCS program itself, not merely to an era or sibling issue.

On that basis, the Mint field is attributed to AOCS Mint (Frisco, TX). No specific manufacturing partner is asserted here; the circa-2013 estimate falls within AOCS Mint’s documented Mulligan Mint window (2012–2013), but this is not confirmed for this specific piece.

No struck date is present on this round. The circa 2013 (estimated) attribution rests on design progression and stylistic proximity to a closely related, differently-reversed 2015 issue — a design-resemblance basis, pending discovery of primary-source documentation establishing an exact release date.

2013 (Estimated) Republic of Texas Half Ounce Notes

• One of the scarcer observed Republic of Texas fractional formats.
• Bridges the transition between early undated private-currency themed issues and later dated Republic of Texas bullion releases.
• Combination of Lakota-linked reverse messaging, Republic of Texas branding, and fractional silver denomination makes it a distinctive crossover issue within the series.
• Closely matches a known 2015 issue sharing the same obverse but a different reverse.

2013 (Estimated) Republic of Texas Half Ounce References

• 2009 John Galt AOCS Approved Silver Round — RJG copyright attribution comparison
• AOCS Mint (Frisco, TX) — manufacturing partner documentation
• Texas Stacker Archives