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2 Reales - Carlos III
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Chile |
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| Year | 1773-1789 |
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| Value | 2 Reales |
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| Obverse lettering | · CAROLUS · III · DEI · GRATIA · |
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| Edge | Chained |
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Carlos III's monetary reforms of the 1770s pushed the Santiago mint toward the new milled coinage format, displacing the cob-style macuquinas that had dominated colonial circulation for over a century. The Chilean mint was a relative latecomer to this transition — Mexico City and Lima had been striking milled coinage since the 1730s. Santiago's adoption came under considerable pressure from Madrid, which wanted uniformity across its American mints.
KM#30 spans a sixteen-year window that saw significant assayer changes at the Santiago facility, producing notable variation in die workmanship across the run.