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2 Escudos - Fernando VII bust of Carlos III
| Uitgever | Chile |
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| Jaar | 1810-1811 |
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| Waarde | 2 Escudos (32) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Draped bust of Carlos III facing right, struck in the name of Fernando VII, with curled hair and lace cravat rendered in the classical colonial style. The date 1810 appears in the exergue below the bust, flanked by two pellets. The encircling Latin legend reads FERDIN VII D G HISP ET IND R, interrupted by the portrait, with the legend distributed along the upper and left periphery of the coin. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | FERDIN VII D G HISP ET IND R 1810 |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Struck in Santiago under the last gasp of Spanish colonial authority, this issue appeared just as Chile's first national junta — formed September 18, 1810 — was quietly consolidating power while nominally maintaining loyalty to the captive Fernando VII. The mint continued producing coinage in his name precisely because declaring otherwise would have accelerated a Spanish military response.
The obverse portrait is borrowed from Carlos III dies, a common colonial expedient when updated punches were slow to arrive from Spain. Santiago was still using inherited tooling when the political ground had already shifted beneath it.