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1 Real - Felipe II
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 1572-1589 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | The crowned royal arms of Philip II of Spain, rendered in the cob (macuquina) hammered style. The quartered shield displays, in the upper dexter quarter the arms of Castile and León, in the upper sinister the combined arms of Aragon and the Two Sicilies. The lower portion of the shield incorporates the arms of Austria, Burgundy, Flanders, Tyrol, and Brabant, surmounted by a central escutcheon of the House of Austria. The shield is crowned with a royal crown, and the assayer's initial of Bernardo de Oñate appears to the right of the shield in the field. The encircling legend reads PHILIPPVS II DEI GRATIA. |
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| Obverse lettering | PHILIPPVS II DEI GRATIA (Translation: Felipe 2nd by the grace of God) |
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| Reverse lettering | HISPANIARVM ET INDIARVM REX (Translation: King of Spain and the Indies) |
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