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8 Escudos - Fernando VII Guadalajara - Royalist Coinage

Issuer Guadalajara Mint, Spanish Colonial Administration (Mexico)
Year 1813
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse lettering FERDIN•VII•D•G• •HISP•ET IND•R •1813•
(Translation: Fernando 7th by the grace of God King of Spain and the Indies)
Reverse description The crowned Royal Arms of Spain occupy the central field, displaying the quartered escutcheon with the castles of Castile and lions of León, the chains of Navarre, and the pomegranate of Granada, with the Anjou fleur-de-lis in the central escutcheon, all surmounted by the royal crown. The shield is encircled by a decorative wreath of floral sprays. The denomination numeral 8 appears to the left of the shield and the letter S (for Escudos) to the right. The mint mark GA (Guadalajara) and assayer initials M•R appear in the lower legend, flanking a small figure. The peripheral legend IN•UTROQ•FELIX•AUSPICE•DEO is inscribed in Latin within a toothed border.
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