4 Escudos - Carlos IV

正面描述	Armored and draped bust of King Carlos IV facing right, rendered in high relief with flowing periwig tied with a bow at the nape. The effigy occupies the central field with fine detail on the cuirass and lace cravat. A circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait, interrupted at the base by the mint date in the exergue area between two pellets. The overall style follows the neoclassical portrait tradition established for Spanish colonial gold coinage of the late 18th century.
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边缘	Reeded
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附加信息	Carlos IV inherited the Spanish throne in 1788, just as the Bourbon reforms were reshaping colonial mint output across the Americas. The Santa Fe de Bogotá mint — one of the most productive gold-coining facilities in the empire — continued striking 4-escudo pieces under his name throughout a period of growing political instability, including the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France that periodically disrupted transatlantic silver flows and placed greater pressure on gold specie production. Hernández references two distinct varieties for this type, likely reflecting assayer changes at the Bogotá mint across the sixteen-year span of issue.

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