8 Reales - Felipe V

Issuer	Casa de Moneda de México (Mexico City Mint)
Year	1701-1728
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Technique	Hammered
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Obverse description	Crude hammered cob flan displaying the crowned quartered arms of Castile and León at center, featuring alternating castles and lions within a shield surmounted by a royal crown. The irregular flan, characteristic of macuquina coinage, shows partial legends around the periphery incorporating the monarch's name, date, mint mark, assayer initial, and denomination. The strike is typical of the period, with design elements variably impressed across the uneven planchet surface.
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Reverse description	Crude hammered cob reverse displaying the Jerusalem cross — a large cross pattée dividing the field into four quarters, each containing alternating castles of Castile and lions of León within tressured compartments. The arms of the cross extend to the periphery of the irregular flan, with a crowned lion rampant visible in the lower quarter. Partial peripheral legend is present where the flan permits, consistent with the macuquina hammered technique standard at the Mexico City Mint during the early Bourbon period.
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