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1 Escudo - Fernando VI
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1757-1759 |
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| Weight | 3.3834 g |
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| Reverse description | Central crowned royal shield of the Spanish Crown, displaying the quartered arms of Castile and León with the Granada charge at base. The crowned shield is flanked by the mint mark and assayer's initials, with the denomination indicated in the field. A circular Latin legend surrounds the central device, invoking the motto of the Spanish colonial coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Fernando VI ruled Spain from 1746 until his death in 1759, but mental collapse following Queen Bárbara's death in 1758 left him effectively incapacitated for his final year — coins bearing his name were struck under a government functioning largely without a competent monarch. The Mexico City mint, the largest and most productive in the Spanish colonial world, continued operations without interruption through the transition to Carlos III.
The KM#A116 designation reflects a cataloging correction — earlier editions of Krause had misattributed or unsequenced several Fernando VI gold minors from this mint. The three-year window of issue is narrow, and examples from 1759 are considerably harder to locate than those of 1757.