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2 Escudos - Philip II Replica
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned royal coat of arms of Spain, quartered with the castles of Castile and lions of León, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The shield is surmounted by an elaborate royal crown. A circular Latin legend runs between the inner beaded border and an outer beaded rim, reading PHILIPPVS . II . DEI GRATIA, with the mint and assayer marks S and C flanking the shield in the field. The overall design faithfully replicates the typology of 16th-century Spanish gold escudo coinage of Philip II. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Without confirmed mintage records, issuing authority, or a specific replication program to cite, little useful can be added here. Modern replica escudos in copper-nickel have been produced by multiple private mints and national programs across Portugal, Spain, and Latin America — provenance matters considerably for catalog purposes.