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1 Escudo - Fernando VI
| Issuer | Mexico City Mint |
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| Year | 1747 |
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| Value | 1 Escudo (16) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Fernando VI's reign produced some of the most technically inconsistent cob-style gold from Mexico City. The 1747 escudo was struck using the macuquina method — hand-cut planchets hammered between dies — a process the Spanish Crown was actively working to eliminate in favor of milled coinage. Mexico City had already converted its silver production to milled strikes by 1732, but gold cobs continued well into the 1740s, partly due to institutional inertia and the practical difficulties of adapting the new machinery to the smaller gold denominations.
KM#114 specimens vary considerably in shape and strike registration as a direct consequence of that process.