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8 Reales - Luis I
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1724-1725 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold floriated cross with trefoil terminals divides the field into four quadrants, each containing alternating castles and lions — the arms of Castile and León — set within elaborate baroque scroll-work. The circular Latin legend, proclaiming the king's dominion over the Spains and the Indies, runs along the periphery between a beaded inner border and a milled outer rim, with small stops separating the legend elements. |
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Luis I reigned for just seven months before dying of smallpox in August 1724, making his coinage among the briefest-reign issues in the entire Spanish colonial series. The Mexico City mint had barely retooled production under his name before his death necessitated a return to Philip V dies — his father, who resumed the throne for a second reign.
The overlap period created genuine attribution difficulties, as cob-style macuquina production meant die dates and assayer marks carry more weight than regnal style for attribution. KM#R49 designates the Royale classification, indicating a presentation-quality piece rather than standard milled production.