Catalog
4 Escudos - Fernando VI
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 1749-1758 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Casa de Moneda de Santiago was only the second mint authorized in South America to strike gold coinage, receiving that privilege in 1743. These early Chilean escudos were cob-style macuquina pieces — crudely shaped planchets hand-struck between dies — and achieving anything approaching a full, centered impression was the exception rather than the rule. Assayers bore personal responsibility for fineness, signing each issue with their initial, and records show the Santiago assay office changed hands multiple times during Fernando VI's reign.
The J assayer mark, for José Antonio de Busta, appears on issues from this period.