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fwo_1015701 - SPANISH AMERICA - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP III 8 Reales 161[?] Potosi

SPANISH AMERICA - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP III 8 Reales 161[?] Potosi XF
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Price : 2 350.00 €
Type : 8 Reales
Date: 161[?]
Mint name / Town : Potosi
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 24,94 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie corrodée dû à son passage dans l’eau
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant du trésor d’Atocha

Obverse


Obverse description : Écu à multiples quartiers, sommé d’une couronne coupant la légende, accosté à gauche de °M/F, à droite d’un 8.
Obverse translation : (Philippe II, par la grâce de Dieu).

Reverse


Reverse description : Champ écartelé aux 1 et 4 de Castille, aux 2 et 3 de Léon dans un double octolobe.
Reverse translation : (Roi d’Espagne).

Commentary


Monnaie vendue avec son certificat (n°86A-191778), Grade 1.

Cette pièce a été frappée à l'atelier monétaire de Potosi, en Bolivie, sous la direction de l'essayeur Juan Ximenez de Tapia. Tapia a commencé son mandat à Potosi en 1618.

La marque d'atelier de Potosi (« P ») ainsi que l'initiale de Tapia (« T ») sont clairement visibles à gauche du bouclier (bien frappé). ...Sur l'autre face de la pièce, les trois premiers chiffres de la date sont visibles, à la bonne position, le dernier chiffre étant invisible. On peut en conclure que le dernier chiffre est soit un 8, soit un 9.

Il est également intéressant de noter, de ce côté-ci de la pièce, que les positions des lions et des châteaux sont inversées, et cette erreur est une caractéristique connue de certaines pièces de Tapia.
Coin sold with its certificate (no. 86A-191778), Grade 1. This coin was struck at the Potosi mint in Bolivia under the direction of assayer Juan Ximenez de Tapia. Tapia began his term in Potosi in 1618. The Potosi mint mark (“P”) and Tapia’s initial (“T”) are clearly visible to the left of the shield (well struck). ...On the reverse side of the coin, the first three digits of the date are visible, in the correct position, with the last digit invisible. This suggests that the last digit is either an 8 or a 9. It is also interesting to note on this side of the coin that the positions of the lions and castles are reversed, and this error is a known feature of some Tapia coins

Historical background


SPANISH AMERICA - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - PHILIP III

(1598-1621)

Philip III (1578-1621) is the third son of Philip II, from his fourth marriage, that with Ana of Austria. On the death of his father in 1598, he became king of Spain and the Americas, Portugal, the Spanish Netherlands and the Milanese. He continued his father's fight against France, but with the Edict of Nantes, the end of the religious wars and the personality of Henri IV, this policy failed. He then began an economic war in order to asphyxiate France by imposing 30% duty on goods coming or going to France in 1603. Henri IV replied by imposing the same taxes on goods to or from Spain. After the death of Henri IV, Philippe married his daughter Anne of Austria (1601-1666) to the young Louis XIII in 1615, while the latter's sister, Elisabeth, married the future Philippe IV. Philip III died in 1621.

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