1/2 Escudo    (sold for $134.0)

1747, Ferdinand VI of Spain. Gold ½ Escudo Coin. Damaged & Plugged (VG-) 1.74gm!

Mint Year: 1747 Reference: KM-372. Denomination:  ½ Escudo Mint Place: Madrid (crowned M) Assayers: Jose Tramullas y Ferrer (J) Condition: Badly damaged (pierced & polugged, straightened by tooling), otherwise VG!  Material: Gold (.917) Diameter: 15mm Weight: 1.74gm

Obverse: Bust of Ferdinand VI right, date (1747) below. Legend: FERDINDINAND * VI * D * G * 1747 * Translation: "Ferdinand VI  by the Grace of God, 1747."

Reverse: Crowned spanish shield with arms of Castile (Castle) and León (Lion) above mint initial (crowned M) of the Madrid mint. Legend: HISPNIARUM * REX * J * (crowned M) * *

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Ferdinand VI, (23 September 1713 - 10 August 1759), King of Spain from 9 July 1746 until his death. He was the fourth son of the previous monarch Philip V and his first wife Maria Luisa of Savoy. Ferdinand, the second member of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty, was born in Madrid on 23 September 1713.