Catalog
2 Escudos - Carlos IV
| Issuer | Lima Mint |
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| Year | 1789-1791 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of King Carlos IV facing right, depicted in the style inherited from the Carlos III portrait type, with powdered wig and court attire. The circular legend reads CAROL·IV·D·G·HISP·ET·IND·R·, denoting his title as King of Spain and the Indies by the Grace of God. The date appears in the exergue at the base of the bust. The effigy is rendered in high relief against a flat field, framed by a fine milled border. |
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| Reverse lettering | AUSPICE·DEO·IN·UTROQ·FELIX· |
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Carlos IV ascended the Spanish throne in December 1788, and Lima's mint was quick to strike transitional coinage bearing his name — but the dies prepared for this short window still incorporated the assayer initials and stylistic conventions established under his father Charles III. The overlap creates a brief, documentable moment of institutional inertia in the colonial minting apparatus.
KM#90 covers only these three years before revised die standards took effect.