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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2233
Olèrdola
Modern

2 Felipe V shields

MAC OLE-00279

Object type
coin
Production date
1747 / 1756
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Modern
Discovery location
Olèrdola
Materials
gold
Township
Olèrdola (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Barcelona, Alt Penedès)
Technique
minting
Where is it?
Reserves
Dimensions
20 mm
Mint
Santa Fè de Bogotà
Description
Coin in the Spanish overseas series, minted in Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia. Obverse: Shield of Castile and Leon at the top and yoke at the bottom, signs "F" on the left and "S" on the right, both with a point at the top and the bottom. Reverse: footed cross. In the angles of the cross, four pendants. Chance find in the historic site of Olèrdola, but we do not know either the place or the date. A replica is exhibited in the Interpretation Centre of the site. Macuquinas is the name of the gold and silver coins made in Latin America between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, characterized by being minted manually with a hammer, which gives a rough appearance. As they were cut with shears, they have an irregular shape, and are rarely perfectly circular. Colombian macuquinas are scarce, compared with those issued in Peru (Lima and Potosi) and Mexico, where gold was more plentiful.

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