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8 Reales - Fernando VII
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Guatemala |
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| Year | 1808-1810 |
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| Composition | Silver (.896) |
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| Obverse lettering | FERDIND • VII • DEI • GRATIA • 1808 • (Translation: Fernando VII by the grace of God) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Fernando VII's name appeared on Guatemalan coinage almost immediately after news of his father's abdication reached the Americas in 1808, yet the king had already been forced to renounce his own claim at Bayonne by the time these dies were being cut. The coins were struck in his name while he sat imprisoned at Valençay — a monarch commemorated in silver who held no actual power over the territories minting his coins.
The Guatemala mint, established in 1731, was one of the few operating houses in Central America, making its output during this constitutional vacuum particularly significant for regional commerce.