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4 Escudos - Fernando VI
| Issuer | Mexico City Mint |
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| Year | 1748-1751 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Armored and draped bust of King Fernando VI facing right, wearing a flowing curled wig typical of the Bourbon period, with elaborate lace cravat and cuirass visible at the truncation. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the colonial milled style. The circular legend reads FERDND·VI·D·G·HISPAN·ET IND·REX, identifying the monarch as King of Spain and the Indies by the grace of God. The mint date, here 1748, appears in the lower field flanked by decorative rosette stops. The coin's rim is defined by a continuous milled border. |
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| Mintage | 1748 MF - - 1749 MF - - 1750 MF - Over-date 1750/48 exists - 1751 MF - - |
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Fernando VI's reign saw the Mexico City Mint producing cob-style gold at a moment when Spain was actively debating the transition to milled coinage — a reform that would come under his successor. These macuquina pieces were struck by hammer on irregularly shaped planchets cut from cast bars, making every example dimensionally unique despite nominally identical specifications. The assayer responsible for each piece was required to initial the coin, and accountability failures during this era led to at least one formal investigation of the Mexico City assay office in the late 1740s.