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1 Real - Carlos IV
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1789-1790 |
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| Weight | 3.3834 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of King Carlos IV facing right, wearing a laurel wreath and armor with a ruffled collar, rendered in the standard Spanish colonial portrait style. The effigy occupies the central field with fine detail in the hair and drapery. The circular legend reads CAROLUS • IV • DEI • GRATIA • around the upper periphery, with the date • 1789 • positioned in the lower exergual area between two dots. The entire design is bordered by a continuous milled inner ring. |
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| Mintage | 1789 NG M - Variant exists with IV over IIII - 1790 NG M - Over-date 1790/89 exists. - |
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Carlos IV ascended the Spanish throne in December 1788 following the death of his father Carlos III, which is why this issue spans two calendar years — the Guatemala mint was working through the transition in royal titulature on the dies. The assayer initial present on a given piece can narrow the production window considerably, as personnel changes at the Casa de Moneda during this period were not uncommon.
Guatemala City's mint, relocated there after the 1773 earthquake destroyed the facility at Santiago de los Caballeros, was still relatively recently established on its new site when these were struck.