fwo_986527 - PERU - CHARLES III 2 Reales 1781 Lima
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Type : 2 Reales
Date: 1781
Mint name / Town : Lima
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,36 g.
Edge : décorée en relief
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Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLUS.III. - DEI.GRATIA // .1781..
Obverse description : portrait lauré à droite de Charles III.
Obverse translation : (Charles III, par la grâce de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .HISPAN. ET IND. REX. M°.2R. M. J..
Reverse description : écu couronné entre les colonnes d’Hercule.
Reverse translation : (Roi d’Espagne et des Indes).
Historical background
PERU - CHARLES III
(1759-14/12/17/1788)
Charles III (20/01/1716-14/12/1788) is the eldest son of the second marriage of Philip V, and 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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