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1 Real - Fernando VII Proclamation coinage
| Issuer | El Salvador |
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| Year | 1808 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Fernando VII facing right, wearing a laurel wreath, within a beaded inner border. The king is depicted in a stylized provincial manner characteristic of Central American proclamation coinage. The surrounding legend reads FERNANDO · VII · REY · DE · ESP · IN, partially abbreviated for King of Spain and the Indies. The word DIAS appears at the base of the bust below the truncation, referencing the days of proclamation. The entire design is enclosed within a milled border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Struck to commemorate the proclamation of Fernando VII following the forced abdications at Bayonne in 1808, this piece belongs to a category of Spanish colonial loyalist coinage issued across the Americas as Napoleon installed his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne. The proclamation issues were not circulating currency in any conventional sense — they were ceremonial medals struck under municipal or provincial authority to publicly affirm allegiance to the captive Bourbon king, often distributed at official celebrations attended by local elites and clergy.
El Salvador was then part of the Captaincy General of Guatemala, and issues attributed to this jurisdiction are among the rarer proclamation pieces from the region.