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1/8 Real - Carlos IV/Fernando VII Royalist coinage
| Issuer | Caracas |
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| Year | 1802-1818 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears an ornate crowned royal monogram, comprising interlaced script letters representing the reigning monarch, flanked by decorative foliate scrollwork on either side. Below the monogram, the fractional denomination is expressed as '1' over '8', separated by a horizontal bar and accompanied by a small floral ornament. A beaded inner border encircles the design, with a milled edge at the periphery. |
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| Mintage | 1802 - Carlos IV - 59,000 1804 - Carlos IV - 19,000 1805 - Carlos IV - 100,000 1814 - Fernando VII - 12,000 1817 - Fernando VII - 4,500 1818 - Fernando VII - 94,000 |
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Caracas began issuing copper fractional coinage around 1802 under royal authority, filling a chronic shortage of small change that Spanish colonial policy had long neglected at the provincial level. The series is unusual in spanning two reigns — Carlos IV and Fernando VII — across a period when Venezuela was actively fragmenting politically, meaning some of these coins circulated simultaneously with Republican issues from the same city during the independence struggle.
Attribution between the two monarchs can be uncertain without die analysis, and the series as a whole saw irregular production tied directly to disruptions from the 1810 revolution onward.