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8 Reales - Carlos III
| Issuer | Mexico City Mint (Spanish Colonial) |
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| Year | 1760-1772 |
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| Composition | Silver (.917) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the crowned Royal Arms of Spain, quartered with castles of Castile and lions of León, with the fleur-de-lis of the Bourbon dynasty in the centre point and the pomegranate of Granada at the base, all within an ornate baroque escutcheon surmounted by an elaborate royal crown. The assayer initials MF appear to the left of the shield and the denomination numeral 8 to the right, each flanked by a rosette ornament. The peripheral legend, in Latin, reads CAROLVS III D G HISPAN ET IND REX, separated by pellet stops, running around the entire circumference within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts two crowned hemispheres representing the Old and New Worlds, overlapping and resting upon stylised waves symbolising the seas, flanked by the two crowned Pillars of Hercules — the classical boundary of the known world — each pillar entwined with a banner inscribed PLUS and VLTR respectively, abbreviating the motto PLUS VLTRA (Further Beyond). The date 1766 appears in the lower exergue between two rosette ornaments, while the mint mark Mo is placed to either side of the central device. The circumferential legend VTRAQUE VNUM (Both as One) runs along the upper portion of the coin within a beaded border. |
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