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1 Real - Carlos IV Proclamation coinage
| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 1790 |
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| Currency | Real (1535-1897) |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse field is occupied by a seven-line Latin proclamation inscription in bold capital letters, separated by small star-shaped rosette stops, with no central device or effigy. The text reads S * P * Q * / ANGELOPOLIT * / IN * / PROCLAMATIONE * / XVI * KAL * / FEBRVARIAS * / MDCCXC *, commemorating the proclamation of Carlos IV by the Senate and People of Puebla de los Ángeles on the 16th day before the Kalends of February 1790. The plain, text-filled field is characteristic of Mexican proclamation coinage of the late eighteenth century. |
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| Mint | Puebla de los Ángeles (City of Angels), Mexico |
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Proclamation coins occupied a peculiar legal and ceremonial space in Spanish colonial practice — they were not struck for circulation but distributed during the public acclamation ceremonies that formally announced a new monarch's reign in each major city. Carlos IV's proclamation festivities in Mexico City in 1790 followed the news of Charles III's death the previous year, and local authorities were responsible for organizing and funding the events, including commissioning these pieces for dispersal to crowds.
Because they were thrown — or "lanzadas" — into crowds rather than spent, survivors in high grades are not unusual. Worn examples, however, tell a different story entirely.