Catalog
1 Real - Felipe III
| Issuer | Mexico City Mint (Viceroyalty of New Spain) |
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| Year | 1607-1613 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | A bold, ornate cross occupies the central field, its four arms extending toward the flan edges and dividing the design into quadrants. Each quadrant is filled with alternating castles and lions in the Spanish heraldic tradition, enclosed within a tressure of pointed cusps forming a quadrilobe border. A partial Latin legend surrounds the design, though much of it is lost beyond the irregular edge of the cob flan, as is characteristic of hammered macuquina coinage from the Mexico City Mint. |
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| Reverse lettering | HISPANIARVM ET INDIARVM REX |
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Felipe III's reign saw the Mexico City mint operating under the assayer Antonio Gutierrez, whose "A" mark appears on cobs of this period — though attributing specific years within the 1607–1613 window is complicated by inconsistent die-dating practices on macuquina coinage. These crudely cast planchets were hand-hammered between dies, meaning no two examples share identical shape or strike placement.
The .931 fineness reflects the standard set by the 1728 assay reforms' predecessors — colonial-era regulations that nevertheless permitted enough variation in actual silver content to make individual assayers legally and financially accountable for shortfalls.