Un Sol 1869 uncirculated (Alex Seigle, Houston) |
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5 Pesteas 1880 select uncirculated (Karl Stephens) |
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Colonial Peru 8R, 1808, almost uncirculated (Stack's) |
Charles IV abdicated in favor of his son Ferdinand VII in 1808. Normally a transitional portrait would be used on the coinage: e.g. the
portrait of the previous King with the titles of the new King, at least until the countries could discover what the King looked like. See
the followingfor an example. The Regency of Peru, however, decided to place a portrait of an obviously Peruvian Indian on their coinage with the title of Ferdinand VII. A different Peruvian Indian was used in 1809 & 1810 |
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