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3 Reales - Carlos I
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1536-1538 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | PLVS VLT +:hISPANIE:ET. INDIARVm.REGES R |
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Among the earliest coins struck in the Americas, this issue dates to the first years of the Mexico City mint, which received its royal license in 1535 — making it the first operating mint in the Western Hemisphere. Production in these initial years was rudimentary, with hand-cut planchets and considerable variation in weight and shape from piece to piece. The 3 reales denomination itself was short-lived almost everywhere in the Spanish colonial system, abandoned for more practical denominations within decades.
MB#13.2 places this within the macuquina (cob) tradition that would define Mexican silver production for the next two centuries.