Heritage Auctions

4 Escudos – New Spain

Commemoration: Fernando VII Proclamation - Oaxaca issue

Context

Year: 1808

Issuer: New Spain

Ruler: Ferdinand VII

Currency:

(1535—1897)

Demonetized: Yes

Material

Diameter: 28 mm

Weight: 14.44 g

Gold weight: 12.63 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 87.5% Gold

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Medal alignment

References

Numista: #74684

Value

Bullion value: $1987.01

Obverse

Inscription:

FERNANDO VII • REI DE ESPAÑA • Y DE LAS INDIAS •

Translation:

FERNANDO VII • KING OF SPAIN • AND OF THE INDIES •

Script: Latin

Language: Spanish

Inscription:

*PROCLAMADO•EN LA CIUDAD DE OAXACA•A•1808•

POR EL

ALFEREZ•R

D•FELIPE

ORDONEZ

DIAZ•

Translation:

Proclaimed in the city of Oaxaca in 1808,

By the

Second Lieutenant

Don Felipe

Ordoñez

Diaz.

Script: Latin

Language: Spanish

Milled

Year	Mint Mark	Mintage	Quality	Collection
1808	—	—

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