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8 Reales - Philip V
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Potosí |
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| Year | 1701-1728 |
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| Shape | Cob |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the Jerusalem cross, a bold Greek cross with ornate terminals set within a quadrilobe or tressure of four lobed arches, each lobe adorned with pellets or lis, all enclosed within a beaded inner border. The crowned royal cipher and the PLVS VLTRA motto, referencing the Pillars of Hercules, appear within the quadrants of the cross. The date (where visible) and the Potosí mint mark 'P' are struck in the lower quadrants, with the assayer's initial positioned nearby, all characteristic of the irregular cob planchet produced at Potosí during Philip V's reign. |
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Philip V was the first Bourbon king of Spain, and his accession triggered the War of the Spanish Succession — a fourteen-year conflict that convulsed Europe while the Potosí mint continued striking silver from the Cerro Rico largely uninterrupted. The cob-style macuquina fabric of this issue, hand-struck on irregularly shaped planchets, was already considered archaic by European standards but remained the practical output of a high-altitude colonial mint processing enormous volumes of Andean silver.
Potosí's assayer initial appearing on the coin is the primary tool for dating within this reign's range, as dies were not systematically retired by year.