fwo_489543 - MEXICO - CHARLES III 8 Reales 1783 Mexico

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Type : 8 Reales

Date: 1783

Mint name / Town : Mexico

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 38 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 26,68 g.

Edge : décorée

Catalogue references :

Cy12091 - KM/WC.18/106.2

Obverse

Obverse legend : CAROLUS. III. - DEI. GRATIA // .1783..

Obverse description : Buste lauré de Charles III à droite .

Obverse translation : (Charles III par la grâce de dieu).

Reverse

Reverse legend : .HISPAN. ET IND. REX. M°. 8 R. F. F..

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).

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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