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8 Escudos - Fernando VI
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1747-1752 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Armored bust of Fernando VI facing right, rendered in a bold, high-relief hammered style characteristic of colonial cob coinage. The king is depicted with an elaborate periwig of tight curled locks cascading to the shoulder, wearing a cuirass with decorative ornamentation at the collar. The legend arcs around the periphery, partially visible due to the irregular flan, reading FERD VI D G HISPAN ET IND REX. The date 1747 appears prominently in the lower field, flanked by floral rosette stops. The overall strike is typical of macuquina (cob) production, with an irregular planchet edge and uneven surface. |
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| Obverse lettering | FERD • VI • D • G • HISPAN • ET IND • REX * 1747 * (Translation: Fernando VI by the grace of God King of Spain and the Indies) |
| Reverse description | Central crowned quartered shield of the Spanish royal arms, displaying the castles of Castile and the lions of León in the primary quarters, with the pomegranate of Granada in base and the fleur-de-lis of the Bourbon dynasty on an escutcheon in the center. The shield is flanked to the left by the assayer initial J and to the right by the denomination numeral 8, with the Guatemala City mint marks G–G appearing in the lower field separated by a cross-and-tongs mintmaster device. A beaded inner border surrounds the arms, and the circumferential legend, partially legible on the irregular flan, reads INITIUM SAPIENTIÆ TIMOR DOMINI, referencing Proverbs 9:10. |
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