2408 | Spanish Monarchy

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FELIPE V (1700-1746). 8 Royals. (Ar. 26.90g / 43mm). 1729. Segovia F. (Cal-2019-1598). AU. Very rare and very beautiful specimen.

With two types of flans, small and large, and only three dates, 1727, 1728 and 1729, Felipe V ordered these magnificent 8 Reales to be struck in the iconic Segovian mint just one year before the peninsular silver and gold mints were centralized in Madrid and Seville and it will remain, the Ingenio de Segovia, reserved exclusively to mint all the copper currency of the kingdom. This series, called National Silver, was intended exclusively for foreign trade. The usual design for the silver coin is followed, with slight changes such as the addition of the Bourbon escuson in the coat of arms.