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2 Escudos - Fernando VII
| Issuer | Lima Mint |
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| Year | 1809-1811 |
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| Weight | 6.7668 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The crowned quartered coat of arms of the Spanish monarchy occupies the central field, displaying the castles of Castile and lions of León in the principal quarters, with the pomegranate of Granada at the base and the fleur-de-lis of the Bourbons in the escutcheon. The denomination numeral 2 appears to the left of the shield and the assayer's initial S to the right. The circular legend reads AUSPICE · DEO · and continues with IN · NI · ME · JP, the mint mark and assayer initials appearing at the base. An ornate milled border surrounds the entire design. |
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Fernando VII never set foot in the Americas, yet Lima continued striking gold in his name throughout his captivity under Napoleon — these issues effectively declared loyalty to a king who had no practical authority over anything. The Lima mint's output during 1809–1811 represents a peculiar liminal moment: the colonial administration was functioning on inertia, maintaining the fiction of royal governance while the Peninsula was occupied and the independence movements it would fail to suppress were already fermenting in the southern cone.
KM#111 is a short-lived type. By 1812 the coinage design had shifted, making the three-year window for this issue narrow enough that examples see genuine collector competition.