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1 Real - Louis I
| Issuer | Casa de la Moneda de Potosí |
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| Year | 1725-1727 |
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| Weight | 3.3841 g |
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| Reverse description | Two crowned Pillars of Hercules rising from stylized waves, flanking the royal motto PLVS VLTRA on the central line. The face value appears at the top of the field between the mintmark (P) and the assayer's initial (Y), while the date is placed at the bottom between the assayer's initial and the mintmark, reversing the order. The overall composition follows the standard design of Spanish colonial macuquina coinage struck for the Potosí mint during the reign of Louis I, with the irregular outline and variable surface relief inherent to hammered cob production. |
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| Reverse lettering | P I Y PLV SVL TRA Y 725 P (Translation: Potosí 1 Real Diego de Ybarbourou PLUS ULTRA (=Further Beyond) Diego de Ybarbourou 1 Real Potosí Potosí 1 Real Diego de Ybarbourou PLUS ULTRA (=Más allá) Diego de Ybarbourou 1 Real Potosí) |
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Louis I of Spain reigned for only seven months in 1724 before dying of smallpox in August, making his coinage among the briefest royal issues in Spanish colonial history. His father Philip V — who had abdicated in his favor — promptly resumed the throne, which is why Potosí struck coins under Louis's name across parts of three calendar years despite the reign itself lasting less than one.
The assayer active at Potosí during this window was "Y" (Yaez), whose mark appears on authenticated examples of this type.