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1 Real - Felipe V
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 1732-1747 |
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| Currency | Real (1535-1897) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the Pillars of Hercules design: two crowned classical columns rising from stylized waves, flanking two crowned hemispheres representing the Old and New Worlds. A small royal crown appears above the hemispheres. The date '1742' is inscribed in the lower field, with the mint mark 'Mo' for Mexico City and assayer's initial 'M' flanking the date. The surrounding legend VTRA QUE VNUM ('Both as One') encircles the design, referencing the union of Spain's two hemispheres. This reverse type is characteristic of the KM#75.2 subtype issued from 1742 onward. |
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The 1 Real of Felipe V represents the tail end of the old macuquina (cob) tradition in Mexico, struck during the transitional decade when the crown was forcing milled coinage onto the colonial mints. Madrid's 1728 decree mandated the switch to mechanically struck, round planchets — and Mexico City complied by 1732, making these among the earliest machine-struck issues from that mint. The cob series ran in parallel briefly, creating overlap that still confuses attribution.
Felipe V himself never saw the full transition complete; he died in 1746, one year before this type's production ceased.