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8 Escudos - Felipe V Seville, 2nd type
| Issuer | Real Casa de la Moneda de Sevilla |
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| Year | 1719-1729 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | PHILIPVS.V.DEI.GRA (Translation: Philip V by the grace of God) |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Felipe V briefly abdicated in January 1724 in favor of his son Luis I, who died of smallpox just seven months later — forcing Felipe back onto the throne. Coins of this type span that interruption, meaning the issuing authority continued production under the same nominal series while the crown itself changed hands twice in under a year.
Seville's 2nd type distinguishes itself from the 1st by modifications to the cross and shield arrangement introduced around 1718, a response to mounting complaints from colonial merchants about counterfeit macuquinas flooding trade routes from the Americas.