Item number: A267

Year: AD 1783

Material: Gold

Size: 13.3 x 13.3 mm

Manufactured by: Royal Mint of Spain

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2024

This coin was issued in AD 1783 during the reign of King Carlos III of Spain, representing a 1/2 Escudo denomination.

The obverse of the coin features a side portrait of Carlos III, surrounded by the inscription “CAROL·III·D·G·HISP·R·1783”, meaning “Carlos III, by the Grace of God, King of Spain”, along with the year of minting. The reverse bears a lesser royal coat of arms of Spain, with the letter ‘M‘ on the left side, denoting the Royal Mint of Spain in Madrid, and the letters “J. D“ on the right, which are the initials of the engraver Juan San Fauri Domingo.

Royal Coat Of Arms:
The object features a lesser royal coat of arms of Spain depicted as a square shield divided into four sections, each alternately adorned with two lions and two castle motifs. Above the shield rests a crown, and it is encircled by a collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. This design was continuously used from the early 18th century until AD 1868.

This coin is part of the second type of the escudo. The first type of the coin did not feature the design of the collar of Golden Fleece and the there was inscription around the edge, while in the third edition, the initials representing the mint and the mintmaster were engraved around the Golden Fleece.

Escudo:
The escudo, which means “shield” in Spanish, was a currency circulated from the 16th – 19th centuries. The first gold escudo was issued in AD 1535, but it did not become the principal currency unit of Spain until the reign of Philip II from AD 1580 to AD 1598. The obverse of the escudo typically featured a half-length portrait of the reigning monarch, while the reverse displayed the royal coat of arms of Spain, with most of the coins being minted in Madrid or Seville.

物件編號: A267

年代: 公元 1783 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 13.3 x 13.3 mm

製造地: 西班牙皇家鑄幣廠

來源: 福君錢幣 2024

此枚金幣為西班牙於公元1783年，國王卡洛斯三世在位期間所鑄造發行的貨幣，面額為1/2埃斯庫多。

金幣的正面為卡洛斯三世的側面肖像，周圍刻有銘文「CAROL·III·D·G·HISP·R·1783」，意思是「蒙上地恩典的西班牙國王卡洛斯三世」，並刻有此枚硬幣鑄造發行的年份。硬幣背面則刻有西班牙的小型皇室盾徽，盾徽的左側刻有字母「M」，代表位於馬德里的西班牙皇家鑄幣廠，盾徽右側的字母「J. D」則是雕刻師Juan San Fauri Domingo名字的縮寫。

皇室盾徽: 
此物件上繪製的小型西班牙皇室盾徽的外型為一面方形盾牌，盾牌被分四個部分，分別繪有兩隻獅子和兩個城牆的圖形，盾牌上方置有一頂皇冠，並由一條金羊毛勳章的項鍊圍繞住盾牌。這種設計一直從公元18世紀初開始沿用到公元1868年為止。

此枚屬於第二版的埃斯庫多金幣。第一版的硬幣背面沒有金羊毛勳章項鍊的設計，並且硬幣周圍刻有銘文，而在第三版的硬幣設計中，代表鑄幣廠和鑄幣師的字母則被刻在金羊毛勳章項鍊的外圍。 

埃斯庫多(Escudo):
埃斯庫多(Escudo)是公元16到公元19世紀期間流通的一種貨幣，西班牙原文中Escudo意為「盾牌」。第一枚黃金埃斯庫多發行於公元1535年，但這種貨幣一直到腓力二世統治期間(公元1580-公元1598年)才成為西班牙的主要貨幣單位，埃斯庫多的正面設計是在位君主的半身肖像，背面則是西班牙的王室盾徽，並且大多數金幣是於馬德里或塞維利亞鑄造的。