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8 Reales - Carlos III
| Issuer | Mexico City Mint |
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| Year | 1785-1789 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1785 FM - KM#106.2a - 1786 FM - KM#106.2a Over-date 1786/5 exists. - 1787 FM - KM#106.2a Over-date 1787/6 exists. - 1788 FM - KM#106.2a - 1789 FM - KM#106.2a - |
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Carlos III never saw a coin struck in his name at Mexico City — the mint operated under viceregal authority, thousands of miles from Madrid, and the king himself died in 1788 before many of these pieces completed their journey into Atlantic trade. The 8 Reales of this type became the workhorse of Pacific commerce, accepted by weight across Canton markets where Spanish assay marks carried more credibility than any issuing monarch's portrait.
KM#106.2a specifically designates the assayer FM pairing — Francisco Arance Cobos and Manuel Asanza — whose initials place production firmly within the later years of this date range.