v08_1934 - CHILE - FERDINAND VII 8 escudos en or 1808 S°, Santiago

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MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 1 829.39 €
Estimate : 2 744.08 €
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Type : 8 escudos en or

Date: 1808

Mint name / Town : S°, Santiago

Quantity minted : 39000

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 875 ‰

Diameter : 37,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 26,98 g.

Edge : striée

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Très beau portrait. A été légèrement nettoyé. Infimes petites marques de manipulation / Très joli revers. Infimes petites rayures sur la couronne

Catalogue references :

CCT.569/88 - CC/215480 - Onza1408 - F.172/28

Obverse

Obverse legend : FERDIN. VII. D. G. - HISP. ET. IND. R./ .1808..

Obverse description : Buste de Ferdinand VII en habit avec le collier de l'ordre de la Toison d'or.

Obverse translation : (Ferdinand VII par la grâce de Dieu, roi d'Espagne et des Indes).

Reverse

Reverse legend : IN UTROQ. FELIX. - .AUSPICE. DEO/ S° - .F.J..

Reverse description : Écu couronné écartelé en dix pièces : 1 Aragon, 2 Aragon-Sicile, 3 Autriche, 4 Bourgogne moderne, 5 Parme, 6 Toscane, 7 Bourgogne ancien, 8 Flandre, 9 Tyrol, 10 Brabant ; et posé sur le tout écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Castille, aux 2 et 3 de Léon, enté de Grenade ; sur le tout, écu de Bourbon ; le tout entouré du collier de l'ordre de la Toison d'or. 8 - S.

Reverse translation : (Sous le regard de Dieu dans un monde et l'autre).

Commentary

Rare variante avec besant avant IND.

Historical background

CHILE - FERDINAND VII

(1808-1833)

Ferdinand VII (13/10/1784-29/09/1833) is the eldest son of Charles IV and Marie-Louise de Parme. Prince of Asturias, he opposes Godoy, favorite of his mother and Prime Minister. His father abdicated in his favor after the Aranjuez uprising (03/19/1808). French troops commanded by Murat invade Madrid on May 1, 1808. On May 2, "Dos de Mayo" immortalized by Goya, the people rise up. The repression is terrible. On the 5th, by the Treaty of Bayonne, Charles IV abdicated and Ferdinand VII renounced the throne. On June 6, Napoleon chose his brother Joseph to reign over Spain.. It was the start of the Spanish Civil War which was Napoleon I's first defeat.. On December 11, 1813, the Treaty of Valençay returned the crown to Ferdinand VII, who had been a prisoner since 1808.. Returned to Spain in 1814, he governed as an absolute monarch. He loses the American colonies. He must establish a liberal constitution in 1820. He can restore absolute power thanks to the French intervention in 1823 of the Duke of Angoulème. Married four times, he abolishes the Salic law in favor of his only daughter, Isabella, to the detriment of his brother Charles, origin of the Carlist wars of the 19th century. He died in 1833.