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1/2 Real - Felipe V
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1730 |
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| Currency | Real (1535-1897) |
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| Reverse description | The crowned quartered arms of Castile and León, arranged in a quatrefoil shield at centre, displaying the castles of Castile and the lions of León in alternating quarters. The shield is surmounted by a royal crown and flanked by the Pillars of Hercules. The circumferential legend reads the royal title in abbreviated Latin, enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | HISP•ET•INDIARVM•REX (Translation: King of Spain and the Indies) |
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Felipe V twice occupied the Spanish throne — abdicating in 1724 in favor of his son Luis I, then returning after Luis died of smallpox just seven months later. The 1730 issue falls squarely in his second reign, during a period when the Mexico City mint was producing macuquina coinage still struck by hand on irregularly shaped flans, a method already considered obsolete in Europe but deeply entrenched in colonial minting practice.
KM#R24a designates the assayer-specific variant within the broader cob type. The assayer initial on these pieces is the primary tool for attribution, as die alignment and flan shape are inherently inconsistent.