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| Issuer | Manila Mint |
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| Year | 1817-1833 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | FERD · VII D · G · HISP · ET · IND · R · (Translation: Ferdinand VII by the Grace of God King of Spain and the Indies.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Manila Mint was established in 1857 — which means no copper quartos bearing Ferdinand VII's name were actually struck there. These pieces were produced in Mexico and shipped to the Philippines, where chronic small-denomination shortages made even crude copper coinage functionally critical. Ferdinand VII's reign ended with his death in 1833, and the Philippines remained dependent on imported metropolitan coinage throughout.