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2 Escudos - Fernando VII
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Lima |
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| Year | 1814-1821 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#127 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | • IN • UTROQ • FELIX • • AUSPICE • DEO • LIMAME • • J • P (Translation: Happy in both worlds, under the gaze of God) |
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Fernando VII never set foot in Peru, yet his portrait anchored Peruvian gold coinage for over a decade while the viceroyalty lurched toward independence. The Lima mint continued striking in his name well past the point where royalist authority was credible — the final issues overlap directly with the campaigns of San Martín, whose Army of the Andes crossed in 1820. Coins dated 1821 were being struck in a city that declared independence in July of that year.
The assayer initials on these pieces shift across the emission period and remain the primary tool for dating individual strikes within the type.