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| Emittent | Spain |
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| Jahr | 1566-1599 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Bold quartered cross pattée centered within a cusped quadrilobe (octolobe) frame, with castles (Castile) and lions (León) alternating in the four quarters formed by the cross arms. Pellets or dots separate the quadrants of the decorative border. The partial circumferential Latin legend surrounds the design on the irregular hammered flan, with the denomination mark 'VIII' and assayer's letter partially visible in the legend field. |
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| Reverslegende | HISPANIARVM REX (Translation: King of the Spains) |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Felipe II inherited a monetary system under strain and spent much of his reign trying to standardize output across mints that operated with considerable autonomy. Toledo, one of the crown's most trusted facilities, struck eight-reales pieces throughout this period under assayers whose initials — punched individually into each die — remain the primary tool for dating specific emissions within these decades.
The cob-style flan and hand-hammered production mean no two pieces are truly identical, but Toledo's output is generally regarded among collectors as more carefully executed than contemporary provincial mints. The assayer M (likely Melchor Rodríguez del Castillo) accounts for the majority of attributable pieces from this run.