50 Euros 1 Escudo of Fernando VI minted in 1759

This piece reproduces the 1 Escudo struck at Madrid in the final year of Fernando VI's reign — he died in August 1759, childless and by most accounts broken by grief following the death of his wife, Bárbara de Braganza, three months prior. The original was among the last gold coinage authorized under his name before Carlos III inherited the Spanish throne.

The Real Casa de la Moneda issued this restrike as part of a longer commemorative program revisiting historically significant Spanish gold types. The choice of 1759 specifically anchors the piece to a dynastic rupture rather than a triumph.