Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 8 escudo coin
- Peru, 1795
- Obverse Image: Bust of Charles IV facing right
- Obverse Text: CAROL IIII HISP ET IND R 1795
- Reverse Image: Arms with a horse in the center
- Reverse Text: IN UTROQ FELIX AUSPICE DEO 8S
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- mint
- Lima
- Date made
- 1795
- Credit Line
- Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
- Physical Description
- gold (overall metal)
- 0 (overall die axis)
- 0 (overall die axis measurement)
- struck (overall production method)
- Measurements
- overall: .19 cm x 3.66 cm; 1/16 in x 1 7/16 in
- Object Name
- coin
