fwo_907120 - MEXICO - CHARLES III 8 Reales 1765 Mexico
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Price : 330.00 €
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Price : 330.00 €
Type : 8 Reales
Date: 1765
Mint name / Town : Mexico
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,10 g.
Edge : decorée
Rarity : R1
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Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLUS .III. D. G. HISPAN. ET. IND. REX.
Obverse description : Ecu couronné écartelé en 1 et 4 de Castille, en 2 et 3 de Léon, sur le tout d'un écu de France accosté de MM - 8.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VTRAQUE VNUM/ M (ROSE) 1765 (ROSE) M°.
Reverse description : Globes couronnés entre les colonnes d'Hercule avec Plus - ULTR.
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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