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4 Reales - Luis I
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1724-1725 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the crowned Royal Arms of Spain within a baroque shield, quarterly with castles and lions, featuring the Granada pomegranate at base. The assayer initial 'D' and mint mark 'Mo' appear to the left of the shield, with the denomination mark to the right. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with the legend LVDOVICVS I D G HISPAN ET IND REX distributed around the periphery. The royal crown surmounts the shield in high relief, characteristic of the cob-style hammered coinage of the Mexico City Mint. The coin bears a suspension hole above the crown, indicating later use as a pendant. |
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| Obverse lettering | LVDOVICVS I D G HISPAN ET IND REX |
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Luis I ruled Spain for just seven months in 1724 before dying of smallpox in August, making his coinage among the shortest-reigned issues of the entire Spanish colonial series. His father Philip V, who had abdicated in his favor, returned to the throne immediately after his death.
The Mexico City mint produced 4 Reales cobs under Luis in both 1724 and 1725 — the 1725-dated pieces struck after his death, using dies already prepared before news of his passing reached New Spain. Communication lag across the Atlantic routinely produced this kind of posthumous coinage at colonial mints.