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4 Escudos - Carlos IV
| Issuer | Real Casa de la Moneda (Royal Mint of Spain) |
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| Year | 1788-1803 |
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| Weight | 13 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of Charles IV (Carlos IV) facing right, depicted with powdered wig tied at the nape, wearing a cuirass decorated with horizontal ridges and a jeweled clasp at the throat. The effigy is rendered in the neoclassical portrait style characteristic of the Madrid mint under engraver González de Sepúlveda. The circular Latin legend reads CAROL • IIII • D • G • HISP • ET IND • R •, abbreviating his royal titles as King of Hispania and the Indies, with the date 1791 positioned in the lower exergue flanked by pellets. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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| Mintage | 1788 MMF - Cal#198 - 1789 MMF - Cal#199 - 1790 MMF - Cal#200 - 1791 MMF - Cal#201 - 1792 MMF - Cal#202 - 1794 MMF - Cal#203 - 1795 MMF - Cal#204 - 1796 MMF - Cal#205 - 1801 MFA - Cal#206 - 1803 MFA - Cal#207 - |
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