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8 Escudos - Fernando VII Guadalajara - Royalist Coinage
| Uitgever | Guadalajara Mint, Spanish Colonial Administration (Mexico) |
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| Jaar | 1813 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | 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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| Rand | Reeded |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
The Guadalajara mint struck royalist gold during some of the most violent years of the Mexican War of Independence, operating under constant pressure from insurgent forces that had already disrupted or seized other colonial mints. This particular issue belongs to a series intended as much to demonstrate Crown authority as to fulfill any practical monetary function — gold coinage in a colony bleeding men and silver was a political act.
Guadalajara's 8 escudos from this period are notoriously inconsistent in their planchet quality, a direct consequence of disrupted supply chains and improvised assay conditions. The assayer initials on the coin identify which official was legally liable for the fineness.