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8 Reales - Carlos IV Pattern
| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 1792 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Carlos IV facing right, rendered in high relief with finely detailed classical drapery at the truncation. The king wears a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the rear. The circumferential legend CAROLUS.IIII. DEI.GRATIA reads around the upper and lower fields, with the date 1792 positioned in the lower exergual area. The entire design is framed by a fine dentilated border. |
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In 1792, the Mexico City mint produced a small series of pattern strikes to test revised portrait punches for Carlos IV — the transition from his father Carlos III's coinage had already been underway, but die preparation for the new monarch's likeness required approval from Madrid before full production commenced. These patterns were never intended for circulation and were struck in extremely limited numbers for official review.
The 1792 date places this piece at the cusp of that changeover, making its status as a pattern rather than a currency strike the defining fact of its existence. Madrid's sign-off arrived the same year.