Spain, King Charles III or IV, Silver 1 Real

The Spanish Empire was the first truly global empire, stretching across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa, and connected by trade routes that circled the globe. It brought immense wealth to Spain through silver and gold from the New World, while also shaping world history through exploration, colonization, cultural exchange, and conflict.

Silver was one of the driving forces behind the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The first mint was established in present-day Mexico city, but other mints established with the discovery of new sources of gold and silver. Demand to export silver back to Spain increased as more silver deposits were discovered in colonial territories, so mints began producing irregular coinage known as cobs.

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