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1 Real 'Bamba' - Philip V Countermarked on 1 Real of Charles I
| Issuer | Canary Islands |
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| Year | 1734 |
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| Value | 1 Real |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield of the Spanish Crown, displaying castles (Castile) and lions (León) in alternating quarters, struck in the hammered macuquina style characteristic of colonial mints. The irregular flan bears partial remnants of a circumscribed Latin legend along the upper rim. The denomination numeral 'I' (one real) is visible to the right of the shield. The overall design reflects the standard armorial type issued under Charles I (Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain as Charles I), produced at the Mexican Mint. |
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| Reverse description | Two crowned Pillars of Hercules rising from stylised waves, representing the Strait of Gibraltar, with the motto PLVS VLTRA distributed across the field between and flanking the columns. Each pillar is surmounted by a royal crown. The design is characteristic of the cob-style (macuquina) coinage of the Spanish colonial mints, struck on an irregular flan with weakly defined peripheral areas typical of the hammered technique. A circular countermark applied by Canary Islands authorities in 1734 validates this piece as a 'Bamba' emergency currency. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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