Eight maravedis Year 1779.

Modern age

Metal: Copper.
Issuing entity: Spain. Carlos III.
Mint: Segovia.
Date: Year 1779.
Obverse:
Bust of the monarch right with toupee and ribbon. Legend: CAROLUS III D G HISP REX 1779. Mint mark: aqueduct. Value mark: 8.

Reverse:
Cross of the Infante Don Pelayo, with arms of Castile and León, surrounded by a laurel border. In the centre, a Bourbon escutcheon.
Weight: 11.50 g - Diameter: 30 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, Barcelona, p.489, type 169, no. 1692.

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. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 162.
Monetary Inventory Number: 2356.
MARQ collection. Ancient Numismatic Collection