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1 Real - Felipe IV
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Santa Fe de Bogotá |
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| Year | 1651-1653 |
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| Value | 1 Real |
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| Obverse description | Quartered royal shield of Castile and León at centre, displaying alternating castles and rampant lions in the four quadrants, all within a plain bordure. A dotted inner circle frames the shield, with partial Latin legend visible around the periphery. The cob format results in an irregular flan with portions of the legend characteristically off-flan. The die work reflects the macuquer (cob) striking technique standard to the Santa Fe de Bogotá mint in the mid-seventeenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Santa Fe de Bogotá mint was established in 1620, making it one of the earliest operating mints in New Granada. By Felipe IV's reign the mint was producing cob coinage — macuquinas — struck by hand on irregular planchets cut from silver bars, which explains the characteristically uneven shapes that define the type. The silver itself came largely from the mines of the Nuevo Reino de Granada rather than the more famous Peruvian sources.
Felipe IV's finances were perpetually strained by the Thirty Years' War and ongoing conflicts with the Dutch and French. Colonial mints like Santa Fe operated under intense pressure to remit silver to the Crown, and quality control suffered accordingly.