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10 Euros 4 Reales of Felipe III
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | HISPANIARVM REX · 1615 · M M MD M |
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This issue belongs to a long-running Royal Mint of Spain series recreating colonial-era cob coinage — the macuquinas — struck in the New World mints at Mexico City, Lima, Potosí, and elsewhere from the late 16th through early 18th centuries. The original 4 reales pieces of Felipe III's reign (1598–1621) were crudely hand-struck on irregular planchets, weighed by assayers to meet silver content standards, then clipped to shape. No two were alike.
Potosí alone, at its 17th-century peak, was among the largest cities in the Western Hemisphere — its output of cob silver financed the Spanish crown's wars across Europe for generations.