Real de a 8 Year 1809.

Contemporary age

Metal: Silver.
Issuing entity: Spain. Ferdinand VII.
Mint: Mexico.
Date: Year 1809.
Obverse:
Bust of Ferdinand VII laureate right with toupee, bow, cuirass and mantle. Legend: FERDIN VII DEI GRATIA 1809.

Reverse:
Shield crowned and quartered with the arms of Castile, Leon and Granada and in the centre escutcheon of the house of Bourbon. On the sides columns of Hercules with scrolled ribbons and the legend PLUS ULTRA. Legend: HISPAN ET IND REX. M mintmark: M surmounted by O. Value mark: 8R. Assayers: T H.
Weight: 27.10 g - Diameter: 39 mm - Axes: 12 h.
Described in: Calicó Estivill, F., Calicó Estivill, X., Trigo Real, J., 1994: Spanish coins from Ferdinand and Isabella to Juan Carlos I. Years: 1474 to 1994. Years: 1474 to 1994, Barcelona, p. 565, type 122, no. 492.

Published in:
Ramón Sánchez, J.J., Ibáñez Sarrió, C., 2010: "Catálogo. Edad Moderna y contemporánea", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 165; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2013: El tresor de Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 2013, p. 90 and 146 no. 463.
Monetary Inventory Number: 3796.
A chance find. Treasure of Sant Joan d'Alacant