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1 Real - Carlos I
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexico City Mint) |
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| Year | 1542-1555 |
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| Value | 1 Real |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1542-1555) A-M - - ND (1542-1555) G-M - - ND (1542-1555) L-M - - ND (1542-1555) L-Mo - - ND (1542-1555) L/O-M - - ND (1542-1555) M- - - ND (1542-1555) M-A - - ND (1542-1555) M-G - - ND (1542-1555) M-L - - ND (1542-1555) M-O - - ND (1542-1555) M-R - - ND (1542-1555) M-S - - ND (1542-1555) Mo-A - - ND (1542-1555) Mo-G - - ND (1542-1555) Mo-Go - - ND (1542-1555) Mo-L - - ND (1542-1555) Mo-L/O - - ND (1542-1555) Mo-O - - ND (1542-1555) Mo-O/S - - ND (1542-1555) O-M - - ND (1542-1555) O-Mo - - ND (1542-1555) O/L-Mo - - ND (1542-1555) oMo-oGo - - ND (1542-1555) R-M - - |
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These are among the earliest coins struck in the Americas — the Mexico City Mint received its royal license in 1535, making it the first mint established in the New World. Production under Carlos I (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) was hand-hammered cob coinage, the so-called macuquina method, meaning planchet preparation was crude and striking inconsistent. No two pieces share the same outline.
The specific window of 1542–1555 corresponds to a period of intense administrative restructuring in New Spain following the New Laws of 1542, which reorganized colonial governance and, incidentally, the flow of silver from newly exploited mines at Taxco and Sultepec.