Betts-455
1760 Guadalajara, Mexico Proclamation Medal of Charles III

Obverse Text: CAROL • III • D • VOCAT • INDIAR • IMPER • F • P • A • TRIVMPH •

Reverse Text: S.P.Q. GUADALAX. IN. NOV. GAL. PROCL. | MDCCLX

Catalog Reference

Grove-K-24
Herrera, Charles III, 57
Medina-64
O'Crowley, p. 407

Engraver: Francisco Casanova of the Mexico City Mint
Composition: Bronze (Gilt)
Size: 38.84 mm
Weight: 24.94 grams

The obverse of this rare medal shows a bust of King Charles facing the right. On the reverse, we see the Arms of Guadalajara.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the January 2015 NYINC Auction, where it realized $528.

Grove — Medals of Mexico, Vol. 1. Medals of the Spanish Kings by Frank W. Grove (1970)

Herrera — Medallas de Proclamaciones y Juras de los Reyes de Espana by Adolf Herrera

Medina — Medallas Coloniales Hispano Americanas by J.T. Medina (1900)

O’Crowley — Catalogue of the Collection of Don Pedro Alonso O’Crowley (1794)