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Real from Bolivia of Ferdinand VI, 1759
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Real from Bolivia of Ferdinand VI, 1759

1759 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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Silver coin from a rough planchet. Obverse: within a quatrefoil, an isosceles cross with a castle and a lion alternating in the corners. Reverse: between two pillars rising from the sea, adorned, value indication in three lines: I, inscription and date: 759. Between them twice the mint mark: P [=Potosi].

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Credit lineReaal uit Bolivia van Ferdinand VI,1759. 1759. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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