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4 Escudos - Fernando VII Proclamation coinage
| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 1808 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The plain central field carries a five-line proclamation inscription arranged within an open laurel wreath tied at the base, the wreath rendered with fine naturalistic leaf detail. A continuous outer circular legend encircles the wreath, recording the place, date, and official responsible for the proclamation, all contained within a beaded outer border matching the obverse. |
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| Mintage | 1808 |
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Fernando VII's 1808 proclamation pieces were struck not to celebrate a coronation in the conventional sense, but to mark the formal acclamation of a king who had effectively seized the throne from his own father, Carlos IV, under French pressure at Bayonne — weeks before Napoleon rendered the entire exercise moot by forcing Fernando's abdication in favor of Joseph Bonaparte. The Mexico City mint produced these pieces in the narrow window between Fernando's March accession and the June abdication news reaching New Spain.
Fr#95 is among the scarcer proclamation denominations, produced in limited numbers as ceremonial rather than commercial coinage.