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2 Reales - Felipe V
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Lima |
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| Year | 1701-1728 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Felipe V inherited the Spanish throne in 1700 as the first Bourbon king, replacing the Habsburg line that had controlled Spanish colonial minting for nearly two centuries. The Lima mint's output during his early reign was caught up in the turmoil of the War of Spanish Succession, which ran until 1714 and left colonial silver supplies politically contested across European courts.
These cob-style pieces — macuquinas — were hand-struck on irregularly cut planchets, making every example unique in shape. Assayer marks on Lima issues from this period shift between several officeholders, and attributing a specific piece to a narrow date window within the 1701–1728 range typically depends on identifying those assayer initials correctly.