8 Escudos, Peru, 1779
date: label: Date made
content: 1779
name: label: ruler
content: Charles III
label: mint
content: Lima
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 8 escudo coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: Peru, 1779
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Charles III facing right
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: CAROL III HISP ET IND R 1779
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Arms with a horse in the center
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: IN UTROQ FELIX AUSPICE DEO 8S
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Peru
label: place of issue
content: Peru
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.2400
label: accession number
content: 283645
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.2400
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .17 cm x 3.77 cm; 1/16 in x 1 15/32 in