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4 Escudos - Charles IV
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Potosí |
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| Year | 1791-1808 |
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| Currency | Real (1574-1825) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1791 PR - - 1792 PR - - 1793 PR - - 1794 PR - - 1795 PP - - 1795 PR - - 1796 PP - - 1797 PP - - 1798 PP - - 1799 PP - - 1800 PP - - 1801 PP - - 13,000 1802 PP - - 698 1803 PJ - - 408 1804 PJ - - 187 1805 PJ - - 255 1806 PJ - - 221 1807 PJ - - 527 1808 PJ - - 323 |
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Charles IV ascended the Spanish throne in 1788, and the Potosí mint — operating at over 13,000 feet in the Bolivian altiplano — continued striking gold escudos under his effigy throughout the turbulent decade that followed. His reign coincided with the Napoleonic crisis that ultimately forced his abdication in 1808 in favor of his son Ferdinand, then almost immediately in favor of Napoleon's brother Joseph. That political collapse effectively ended the colonial minting authority that had produced this type.
Potosí gold of this period frequently shows adjustment marks from the assayer's file, a consequence of strict weight tolerances enforced at the Casa de Moneda.