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8 Reales - Felipe V
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de México |
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| Year | 1733-1734 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#48 |
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| Reverse lettering | HISPANIARVM ET INDIARVM REX |
| Edge | Plain |
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The 1733–1734 date range on this piece corresponds to a documented interruption in Mexico City's milled coinage production, during which the mint fell back on cob-style (macuquina) fabric. Felipe V had mandated modernized milled coinage for New Spain in the early 1730s, but equipment failures and administrative friction repeatedly delayed consistent output. Pieces from this transitional window were struck under considerable institutional pressure, as Madrid was pushing the colonial mints hard toward uniformity.
KM#48 is the cob ("macuquina") type, not a milled issue — a distinction that trips up generalist collectors who assume Felipe V material from Mexico City to be fully round by this date.