Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
4 Escudos - Fernando VI
| Issuer | Mexico City Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 1748-1751 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of King Fernando VI facing right, wearing a flowing curled wig typical of the Bourbon period, with elaborate lace cravat and cuirass visible at the truncation. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the colonial milled style. The circular legend reads FERDND·VI·D·G·HISPAN·ET IND·REX, identifying the monarch as King of Spain and the Indies by the grace of God. The mint date, here 1748, appears in the lower field flanked by decorative rosette stops. The coin's rim is defined by a continuous milled border. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The crowned Royal Arms of Spain displayed as a quartered shield at center, bearing the castles of Castile and the lions of León in alternating quarters, with a central escutcheon bearing the French Bourbon fleur-de-lis. The shield is surmounted by a large royal crown in high relief. To the left of the shield the denomination numeral 4 appears, flanked by decorative rosette stops. The mint assayer initials and mint mark — M for Mexico City, Mo as the monogram, and F for assayer Felipe de Urbiña — appear in the lower field. The circular legend NOMINA MAGNA SEQUOR, meaning 'I follow the loftiest of names,' runs around the upper periphery. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |