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1/2 Real - Ferdinand VI Proclamation
| Issuer | Guatemala |
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| Year | 1747 |
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| Value | 1/2 Real |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Ferdinand VI facing right, set within a beaded inner border. A circular Latin legend surrounds the effigy, with the king's titles abbreviated in the customary Spanish colonial manner. The portrait is rendered in a simplified style characteristic of proclamation coinage produced in the colonial Americas. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting the crowned double-headed imperial eagle with a shield on its breast, enclosed within a beaded border. A circular Latin legend runs along the periphery of the field, referencing the proclamation occasion. The design follows the standard iconographic convention employed on Spanish colonial proclamation pieces of the mid-eighteenth century. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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