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1/2 Real - Luis I
| Issuer | Mexico |
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| Year | 1724 |
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| Currency | Real (1535-1897) |
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| Obverse description | Central crowned monogram of Luis I (LVDOVICVS) in the field, flanked by the assayer mark 'D' and mint mark 'Mo' (Mexico City). The date 1724 appears divided within the surrounding circular legend. The royal cypher is surmounted by a detailed crown, with two small shields or pellets flanking the base of the monogram. The peripheral legend reads in Latin invoking the king's title by divine right. |
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| Mintage | 1724 Mo D |
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Luis I reigned for just seven months before dying of smallpox in August 1724, making his coinage among the briefest of any Spanish monarch. The Mexico City mint was already producing his issues when he died, and many coins struck in his name continued circulating alongside those of his father Philip V, who resumed the throne. The KM#R25 designation covers the cob-style macuqueña fabric — hand-cut, irregularly shaped planchets that were the norm for New World silver before milled coinage fully displaced them in the 1730s.