2 Reales - Charles IV

Issuer	Casa de Moneda de Potosí (Spanish Colonial)
Year	1791-1808
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Obverse description	Laureate and draped bust of King Charles IV facing right, his hair tied at the nape with a ribbon bow, rendered in the portrait style standard to late Spanish colonial coinage. The effigy occupies the central field, with the mint date 1801 positioned in the lower exergue flanked by pellet stops. The encircling Latin legend reads CAROLUS IIII DEI GRATIA, distributed around the periphery, with the whole bounded by a finely milled border of raised beads.
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Reverse description	The crowned Arms of Castile and León occupy the central field, displaying the quartered royal shield with castles and lions, surmounted by an imperial crown with cross finial. Flanking the shield are the Pillars of Hercules, each with a banner, representing the Strait of Gibraltar. The denomination mark 2R appears to the left of the shield, with the mint mark PTS (Potosí) and assayer's initial P to the upper left. The peripheral Latin legend HISPAN ET IND REX encircles the lower portion, with the date appearing on the obverse; the whole is bounded by a milled beaded border.
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Mintage	1791 PTS PR - - 1792 PTS PR - - 1793 PTS PR - - 1794 PTS PR - - 1795 PTS PP - - 1795 PTS PP/R - - 1795 PTS PR - - 1796 PTS PP - - 1797 PTS PP - - 1798 PTS PP - - 1799 PTS PP - - 1800 PTS PP - - 1801 PTS PP - - 168,000 1802 PTS PP - - 46,000 1803 PTS PJ - overdate variety exists - 48,000 1804 PTS PJ - - 52,000 1805 PTS PJ - overdate variety exists - 43,000 1806 PTS PJ - - 54,000 1807 PTS PJ - - 98,000 1808 PTS PJ - - 203,000
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