1/2 Escudo - Fernando VI Seville, 1st type

Fernando VI came to the Spanish throne in 1746 following the long reign of his father Felipe V, and this early gold issue falls within the first type struck at Seville before the design was revised. The Seville mint — identifiable by its assayer marks — had been producing fractional gold escudos continuously since the Habsburg period, and its output during Fernando's reign was modest relative to the colonial mints supplying bullion from the Americas.

The three-year window for this type reflects how quickly Spain's mints updated their coinage after a royal succession. Fernando's reign itself lasted only thirteen years before his death in 1759 left him without an heir.