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Spanish Colonies - 1809

Académie de Mexico - (Mexico)

Obverse:

Bust of Ferdinand VII, left.

Legend:

* FERDINANDVS VII BORBONIVS REX CATHOLICVS *

Size:

50 mm.

Reverse:

Minerva seated among books, a globe and other symbols of the arts and sciences. She hold a shield in one hand and a spear in the other.

Legend:

POES . ET . ELOQVENT . CERI . CONST . MEX . ACAD .

Exergue:

J M GUERRERO INVENTO Y / GEN M A DE 1809

Vern's Comments:

An online site dedicated to Mexican numismatics classifies this as Grove F038a and says in part "But in the case of F038, the purpose of this medal seems to have been for a prize for a literary contest. This seems to be supported by the large numbers that are encountered in lower grades (they seem to have survived in greater numbers as cherished heirlooms)."

d'Essling:

2402 - Académie de Mexico.
Buste habillé de Ferd. VII à g.
℞ Minerve ass. près d'une bibliothèque et entourée des attributs des sciences et des arts. Arg. et br. 49 mm. Planche LIX.

Académie de Mexico - (Mexico)