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1 Real - Carlos III Colonial Milled Coinage
| Issuer | Lima Mint (Casa de Moneda de Lima) |
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| Year | 1772-1789 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROLUS·III·DEI·GRATIA |
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| Mintage | 1772 LME JM - - 1773 LME JM - - 1773 LME MJ - - 1774 LME MJ - - 1775 LME MJ - - 1776 LME MJ - - 1777 LME MJ - - 1778 LME MJ - - 1779 LME MJ - - 1780 LME MI - - 1780 LME MJ - (fr) doublon - 1781 LME MI - - 1782 LME MI - - 1783 LME MI - - 1784 LME MI - - 1785 LME MI - (fr) n`existe pas: voir KM# 75a - 1786 LME MI - (fr) n`existe pas: voir KM# 75a - 1787 LME IJ - (fr) n`existe pas: voir KM# 75a - 1787 LME MI - (fr) n`existe pas: voir KM# 75a - 1788 LME IJ - (fr) n`existe pas: voir KM# 75a - 1789 LME IJ - (fr) n`existe pas: voir KM# 75a - |
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Carlos III's monetary reform of 1772 replaced the cob ("macuquina") coinage that Spanish colonial mints had struck for nearly two centuries. Lima was one of the first American mints to transition to the new milled portrait coinage, and the early strikes from 1772–1773 are notably scarcer than later dates in the run — the machinery and dies required time to standardize after the changeover. The reform was driven less by aesthetics than by rampant counterfeiting and clipping of the old hammered issues.