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2 Reales - Felipe V
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 1742-1750 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central device comprises the quartered royal arms of Spain within a baroque shield, displaying alternating castles and lions with a central escutcheon, surmounted by a large ornate crown. The denomination numeral '2' appears to the right of the shield and the assayer's initial 'R' to the left, both in the field. The circular legend, in Latin, runs along the periphery and is separated by rosette stops, reading *PHS•V•D•G•HISP•ET IND•R* in reference to King Felipe V of Spain and the Indies. The coin exhibits the characteristic pillar-and-waves 'milled dollar' style of the Mexico City Mint, with a beaded border encircling the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Central design features two crowned globes representing the Old and New Worlds, flanked by the crowned Pillars of Hercules, each bearing the PLUS VLTRA scroll, all resting on a wavy sea. The mint mark 'Mo' (Mexico City) appears to the lower left of the central device and the assayer's initial 'M' to the lower right, with the date '1746' along the bottom. The circumferential legend VTRA QUE VNUM, meaning 'Both as One,' runs along the upper portion of the coin in Latin characters separated by pellet stops. A beaded border frames the entire composition. The design is crisp and characteristic of the mid-eighteenth-century pillar coinage struck at the Mexico City Mint. |
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| Mint | Mexican Mint (Casa de Moneda de México), Mexico, Mexico (1535-date) |
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