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8 Reales - Fernando VI Colonial Milled Coinage
| Issuer | Lima Mint (Casa de Moneda de Lima) |
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| Year | 1751-1760 |
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| Currency | Real (1568-1858) |
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| Reverse description | The Pillars of Hercules design dominates the field, featuring two crowned columns rising from stylized ocean waves, each wound with a banner inscribed PLUS on the left column and VLTRA on the right, representing the classical motto of the Spanish Empire. Between the columns rest two hemispheres of the globe, surmounted by a large royal crown. Rosette stops flank the mint mark LM at the lower left and right, while the date 1753 is prominently struck at the bottom of the field. The circumferential legend · VTRAQUE · VNUM · runs along the upper periphery within the milled border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ·VTRAQUE·VNUM··LM··LM· |
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The Lima mint's milled coinage replaced the old macuquina (cob) series following a royal decree of 1728 mandating machine-struck coins across all American mints — though Lima didn't fully transition until the 1750s, lagging behind Mexico City by decades. Fernando VI's reign coincided almost exactly with this window, making his name the one most associated with Lima's early milled production.
Assayer letters on the reverse identify individual accountability for silver fineness — a system installed after chronic fraud at colonial mints during the previous century. The Lima 8 Reales of this period circulated as far as the Philippines via the Manila Galleon trade.