Spain 2 Escudos Gold Charles IV
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The Spanish Escudo is marked with its value as 1S, 2S, 4S, and 8S; the "S" being an abbreviation of scudo or its plural scudi. The 2 Escudo (dos scudi) coin is also known as a "Doubloon", (Doblon in Spanish), because of its face value of 2 scudi. Coin inscriptions were written in Latin (not to be confused with italian). The letter E was not used because in Latin it's written SCUDO or SCUDI for plural. The Reverse will usually reflect a crowned shield, surrounded by what appears to be an ornate gold chain with a fleece suspended from it, with "2" and "S" on either side of the shield but inside the chain; and the Obverse legend reads: "CAROL·IIII·D·G· HISP·ET IND·R" which is an abbreviation for “DEI GRATIA HISPANA RUM ET INDIARUM REX” (by the grace of God, King of Spain and the Indies). The Reverse legend reads: IN·UTROQ·FELIX· ·AUSPICE·DEO
The Crowned Shield on the Reverse is quartered in ten pieces: 1 Aragon, 2 Aragon-Sicily, 3 Austria, 4 Modern Burgundy, 5 Parma, 6 Tuscany, 7 Old Burgundy, 8 Flanders, 9 Tyrol, 10 Brabant.
Escudos were minted in Spain, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, and Peru and they circulated throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Madrid Assayers: Manuel de Lamas and Francisco de Herrera (MF), Francisco de Herrera and Antonio Goicoechea (FA), Antonio Goicoechea and Ildefonso de Urquiza (AI, 1807-1808).
Seville Assayers: Carlos Tiburcio de Roxas and Nicolas de Lamas (CN), Carlos Tiburcio de Roxas (C).
Carlos Antonio Pascual Francisco Javier Juan Nepomuceno José Januario Serafín Diego—Spain’s King Charles IV ruled over the Spanish empire for 20 years begining Dec 14th 1788 to Mar 19th 1808. In 1765, He married his first cousin, María Luisa de Borbón-Parma, who was a granddaughter of French King Louis XV. After being forced into exile by Napoleon Bonaparte, Charles and María Luisa eventually settled in Rome in 1812 in the Palazzo Barberini, where they died in 1819 just a few days apart.
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