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Price : 85.00 €
Type : 8 Reales
Date: 1789
Mint name / Town : Lima
Quantity minted : 3500000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 896 ‰
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,55 g.
Edge : décorée
Coments on the condition:
monnaie nettoyée, frappe décentrée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLUS. III. - DEI. GRATIA // .1789..
Obverse description : Buste lauré à droite de Charles III.
Obverse translation : (Charles III par la grâce de dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .HISPAN. ET IND. REX. MAE. 8 R. I. J..
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
Cette monnaie a été frappée avec la date 1789 à l’effigie de Charles III alors que ce dernier est mort le 14 décembre 1788.
This coin was struck with the date 1789 bearing the effigy of Charles III, although the latter died on December 14, 1788.
This coin was struck with the date 1789 bearing the effigy of Charles III, although the latter died on December 14, 1788.
Historical background
PERU - CHARLES III
(1759-14/12/17/1788)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of the second marriage of Philip V, and 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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