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1/2 Real - Carlos III portrait
| Issuer | Lima Mint (Casa Nacional de Moneda de Lima) |
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| Year | 1772-1784 |
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| Composition | Silver (.903) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The portrait coinage of Carlos III introduced at Lima in 1772 marked a fundamental administrative break — Spain's colonial mints had struck the cob-style macuquina and then the milled pillar type for generations, and the shift to a royal portrait was as much a political statement from Madrid as a technical one. Lima was among the first American mints ordered to make the transition, and early strikes from the changeover period show inconsistent die alignment as the engravers adapted to the new portrait punches arriving from Spain.
Carlos III died in 1788, but Lima's portrait 1/2 Reales bearing his likeness were struck through 1784 under assayer marks that help narrow individual pieces to specific years within the run.