fwo_745697 - MEXICO - CHARLES III 2 Reales 1772 Mexico

MEXICO - CHARLES III 2 Reales 1772 Mexico XF

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Price : 120.00 €

Type : 2 Reales

Date: 1772

Mint name / Town : Mexico

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,75 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

Léger nettoyage

Catalogue references :

KM/WC.18/88.1 - CC/411536

Obverse

Obverse legend : CAROLUS.III. - DEI.GRATIA // .1772..

Obverse description : buste lauré à droite de Charles III d’Espagne.

Reverse

Reverse legend : .HISPAN.ET OND.REX.M°.2R.F.M..

Reverse description : écu couronné entre les colonnes d’Hercule.

Commentary

A noter que pour ce type les lettres F et M du revers sont à l’envers par rapport au sens de lecture.
Note that for this type the letters F and M on the reverse are upside down compared to the reading direction

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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