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8 Escudos - Carlos IV Numeral IV, Carlos III portrait
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México (Mexican Mint) |
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| Year | 1789-1790 |
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| Value | 8 Escudos (128) |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Charles III facing right, rendered in the mature effigy style characteristic of late colonial Mexican gold coinage. The portrait displays the king in military dress with elaborate armor detailing and a ribbon-tied queue. The peripheral legend reads CAROL·IV·D·G· to the left and HISP·ET·IND·R· to the right, with the date 1789 placed in the lower exergue flanked by pellets. This transitional issue notably employs the portrait of Charles III despite bearing the regnal numeral IV of his successor Charles IV. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROL•IV•D•G• HISP•ET IND•R• •1789• (Translation: Carlos 4th King of Spain and the Indies by the grace of God) |
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| Edge | Milled |
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