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8 Escudos - Carlos IV
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Potosí |
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| Year | 1791-1808 |
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| Currency | Real (1574-1825) |
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| Obverse description | Draped and armored bust of King Carlos IV facing right, rendered in high relief in the neoclassical portrait style characteristic of late Spanish colonial coinage. The king's hair is tied with a ribbon at the nape. The circumferential legend reads CAROL · IIII · D · G · HISP · ET IND · R ·, with the date 1802 positioned in the lower exergual area. The field is smooth and the design is contained within a beaded inner border. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROL · IIII · D · G · HISP · ET IND · R · 1802 |
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| Edge | Milled |
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