fwo_986191 - MEXICO - CHARLES III 2 Reales 1772 Mexico
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Type : 2 Reales
Date: 1772
Mint name / Town : Mexico
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,80 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLUS.III. - DEI.GRATIA // .1772..
Obverse description : buste lauré à droite de Charles III d’Espagne.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .HISPAN.ET OND.REX.M°.2R.F.M..
Reverse description : écu couronné entre les colonnes d’Hercule.
Commentary
A noter que pour ce type les lettres F et M du revers sont à l’envers par rapport au sens de lecture.
Historical background
MEXICO - CHARLES III
(1759-14/12/17/1788)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of Philip V's second marriage, that with Elisabeth Farnese. He was successively Duke of Parma (1731-1735) and King of Naples (1735-1759) then he succeeded his half-brother, Ferdinand VI, as King of Spain in 1759. He married Marie-Amélie de Saxe in 1738 who gave him six children. His son Charles IV succeeded him in 1788 as King of Spain and his other son Ferdinand IV as King of Naples and the Two Sicilies (1759-1825).
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