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2 Reales - Carlos III
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Colombia |
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| Year | 1772-1784 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped laureate bust of King Carlos III facing right, rendered in the bold relief characteristic of the Nuevo Reino de Granada mint. The king's hair is shown elaborately dressed and tied with a ribbon, falling over his shoulder. A circular legend surrounds the effigy, with the date appearing in the lower exergual area between two pellets. The overall style reflects the portrait coinage introduced across Spanish colonial mints following the monetary reform of 1772. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Carlos III's 1772 monetary reform — the Nuevo Cuño — standardized coinage across the Spanish colonial mints and forced the transition away from the old cob-style macuquinas toward milled portrait coinage. The Santa Fe de Bogotá mint was slower to comply than Lima or Mexico City, and early transitional pieces from this facility show inconsistent edge milling as the assayers adjusted to new machinery.
The assayer's initial on these pieces shifted across the production run, with the Hernández references distinguishing at least four distinct assayer combinations — a detail that matters considerably to variety collectors working this series.