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1 Real - Felipe V Seville
| Issuer | Casa de la Moneda de Sevilla (Seville Mint) |
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| Year | 1701-1713 |
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| Currency | Real (1497-1833) |
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| Obverse description | Central crowned quartered shield of Castile and León, displaying alternating castles and lions in the four quarters, set within a scalloped or milled border. The royal crown surmounts the shield, with the Seville mint mark (S) visible in the field. The circular legend PHILIPPVS V DEI GRAT surrounds the shield, reading clockwise, rendered in Latin capitals. The overall design reflects the standard macuquina-influenced milled coinage of early Bourbon Spain. |
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| Obverse lettering | PHILIPPVS V DEI GRAT I S P |
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Felipe V's accession triggered the War of the Spanish Succession almost immediately, and the Seville mint operated under considerable pressure throughout this period — supplying silver coinage to a crown simultaneously fighting Austria, Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Catalonian separatists. The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 ended the conflict but stripped Spain of Gibraltar and Minorca, territories lost permanently.
Seville's output during these years was inconsistent in quality, with planchet preparation often rushed. Assayer marks on pieces from this range vary, and pinning a specific example to a narrow window within 1701–1713 generally requires die study rather than date alone.