Betts-479
1760 Mexico City, Mexico Proclamation Medal of Charles III
Estimated Survivors: 12 Known (6 Holed)
Obverse Text: CAROL • III • VET • ET NOVAE HISP • REX MEX . PROCL. | F . CASANOVA . F
Reverse Text: EMAN • ARCHIEP MEX CONSEN • LAETIT • SACRIS CELEBRAV.
Catalog Reference
Castrobeza, p. 328
Fonrobert-6347
Gaillard-6817
Grove-K-5
Herrera, Charles III, 81
Medina-91
O'Crowley, p. 407
Perez Varela, p. 28
Rosa-98
Engraver: Francisco Casanova of the Mexico City Mint
Composition:
Size: Diameters vary based on composition:
Weight: Weights vary based on composition:
We see on the obverse of Herrera-81 the bust of Charles III. On the reverse are the Arms of Archbishop Don Manuel Rubio y Salinas and his assent to the oath of allegiance inscribed around the arms. The shield features a figure in the center with two keys crossing diagonally.
The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the January 2006 Auction, where it realized $977.
