1/2 Real - Felipe V

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.