1062 | Medals

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CARLOS III (1759-1788). Prize from the Real Seville Economic Society of Friends of the Country. (Ar. 37.84g / 40mm). 1778. Engraver: Tomás F. Prieto. (You Vives 54 metal variation; RAH 318 metal variation). Anv: Laureate bust of Carlos IV on the left with coat, band, and necklaces of the fleece and the order of Carlos III, around legend: CAROLVS III R CATHOLICVS. Rev: Ribbon with legend: PRODESSE LABORAT, laurea and crossed feather, under pedestal with inscription: SOCIETAS OECONOMICA / HISPALENSIS / A DE MDCCLXXVIII. Almost Extremely Fine. Cleaned. Limited.

Created under the reign of Carlos III and with the aim of promoting the economy of the places where they were located, the Economic Societies of Friends of the Country started in 1763 with the Guipuzcoana and continued with a larger one such as the Basque that, curiously, it was not limited exclusively to the Basque territory. It was at the initiative of Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes, Prosecutor of the Council of Castile, who, with some changes with respect to the original Basque model, would bring a unified Society with a clear reformist character to all the country's provinces as early as 1775.