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8 Escudos - Carlos III
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1765-1770 |
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| Weight | 27.0764 g |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of King Carlos III facing right, rendered in high relief with elaborate period coiffure tied with a ribbon and queue, wearing a lace cravat and armor with decorative cross brooch at the shoulder. The royal effigy occupies the central field, with the regnal date 1768 positioned in the exergue at the bottom. The encircling Latin legend reads CAROLUS III D G HISP ET IND REX, separated by pellet stops, running clockwise around the full periphery of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROLUS • III • D • G • HISP • ET IND • REX • 1768 • (Translation: Carlos III by the grace of God King of Spain and the Indies) |
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Carlos III's Guatemalan gold was struck at the Santiago de los Caballeros mint during a period of significant administrative restructuring under Bourbon reform policies. The Casa de Moneda de Guatemala operated under persistent pressure from Madrid to standardize output and reduce the chronic short-weight complaints that had plagued colonial mints for decades. Guatemala's 8 escudos from this window are notably scarcer than contemporary Mexican or Peruvian issues — the mint's production capacity was simply smaller, and surviving examples with full dates and mint assayer initials are harder to attribute than their documentation suggests.