1/2 Real - Carlos III

Carlos III's accession to the Spanish throne in 1759 triggered a sweeping monetary reform across the colonial mints, and Bogotá was among the first American houses to transition away from the older macuquina coinage toward more regular milled production. The 1760 date places this piece right at that administrative inflection point — struck under the same royal decree that would eventually standardize bust coinage across New Granada.

Restrepo's attribution 30.1 distinguishes the earliest die state of this type, before later punch corrections altered the assayer marks.