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8 Escudos - Charles IV
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Potosí |
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| Year | 1789-1790 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROL · IV · D · G · HISP · ET IND · R · |
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| Mintage | 1789 PTS PR - - 1790 PTS PR - Overdated varieties exists - |
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Charles IV ascended the Spanish throne in December 1788 following the death of his father Charles III, creating a transitional window during which both monarchs' effigies appeared on coinage struck in the same fiscal year. The Potosí mint, operating at over 4,000 meters elevation in present-day Bolivia, was among the first New World mints to receive the order to update dies — yet the transition was never clean. The 1789-1790 dating on this type reflects precisely that administrative lag between Madrid's decree and the physical reality of die cutting in the Andes.
Potosí's assayer marks during this period carry genuine documentary weight for attribution purposes.