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4 Reales - Carlos III portrait
| Issuer | Lima Mint (Casa de Moneda de Lima) |
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| Year | 1785-1789 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Central crowned shield of the Spanish royal arms, quartered with castles (Castile) and lions (León), with a small oval escutcheon at the fess point. The shield is flanked on either side by the Pillars of Hercules, each wrapped with a banner inscribed PLUS VLTRA, symbolizing Spain's dominion beyond the known world. The mint mark (L or LM for Lima) and assayer's initial appear to the left of the shield, with the denomination numeral 4 R also present. The surrounding legend reads HISPAN • ET IND • REX, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | HISPAN • ET IND • REX • LIMA • 4 R • |
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| Mintage | 1785 MI - - 1786 MI - - 1787 IJ - - 1787 MI - - 1788 IJ - - 1789 IJ - - |
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