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1 Escudo - Carlos III
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1778-1785 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of King Carlos III facing right, wearing a wig with queue tied by a bow, occupying the central field. The royal effigy is rendered in the standard bust portrait style common to Spanish colonial gold coinage of the period. The encircling Latin legend reads CAROL • III • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R •, divided around the portrait, with the four-digit date 1783 placed in the exergue at the bottom, flanked by pellets. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Carlos III's colonial mints operated under the macuquina and milled coinage systems simultaneously during this period, and Guatemala's Casa de Moneda — established in Santiago de los Caballeros before the 1773 earthquake forced relocation to Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción — was still reorganizing its operations through much of this date range. Production continuity was genuinely uncertain in the years immediately following that disaster.
The KM#37 series spans the final years before Carlos III's death in December 1788, with the Guatemala mint serving a regional economy heavily dependent on indigo export revenue.