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1/2 Real - Felipe V
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1715-1727 |
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| Diameter | 17.07 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned royal monogram of Felipe V, featuring the letters 'PV' interlaced beneath a crown, flanked by the assayer's initials and the mint mark 'Mo' (Mexico City). The peripheral legend encircles the design, incorporating the regnal date. The overall style is characteristic of early 18th-century Spanish colonial milled coinage, with the crowned monogram rendered in relief within a beaded or dotted border. |
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| Obverse lettering | PHILIPVS V D G 1715 (Translation: Felipe 5th by the grace of God) |
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Felipe V was the first Bourbon king of Spain, and his accession in 1700 touched off the War of the Spanish Succession — over a decade of conflict that left the colonial minting apparatus stretched and administratively disrupted. The Mexico City mint continued producing cob-style coinage throughout, operating under assayer oversight that was notoriously inconsistent during this transitional period.
The KM#R24 designation flags this as a macuquina — hand-struck on an irregular planchet, sheared from a cast silver bar. Assayer marks on these pieces are the primary dating tool, as the flan shape and strike quality tell you almost nothing about sequence.