fwo_886483 - MEXICO - CHARLES III 8 Reales 1772 Mexico
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Type : 8 Reales
Date: 1772
Mint name / Town : Mexico
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 896 ‰
Diameter : 40,10 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,43 g.
Edge : décorée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie présente des coups et rayures, coups sur tranche et a été nettoyée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLUS - III. DEI. GRATIA // .1772..
Obverse description : Buste du roi en habit.
Obverse translation : (Charles III par la grâce de dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .HISPAN. ET IND. REX. M°. 8 R. W · Ⅎ ·.
Reverse description : Écu couronné à cinq quartiers entre les Colonnes d'Hercule avec un bandeau inscrit PLUS - ULTRA.
Reverse translation : (roi des Espagnols et des Indes).
Commentary
Variété avec lettre d’atelier et lettre “F.M.” inversés. Type rare.
Variety with reversed mint letter and “FM”. Rare type
Variety with reversed mint letter and “FM”. Rare type
Historical background
MEXICO - CHARLES III
(1759-14/12/17/1788)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of Philip V's second marriage, that with Elisabeth Farnese. He was successively Duke of Parma (1731-1735) and King of Naples (1735-1759) then he succeeded his half-brother, Ferdinand VI, as King of Spain in 1759. He married Marie-Amélie de Saxe in 1738 who gave him six children. His son Charles IV succeeded him in 1788 as King of Spain and his other son Ferdinand IV as King of Naples and the Two Sicilies (1759-1825).
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