2025-M G€100 / 2E Gold, Mint Museum Jewels, 1715, Lima PR DCAM

The Mint Museum's Jewels collection comprises six coins that reproduce pieces held in the collection of the Museo Casa de la Moneda in Madrid, all of them struck in the Spanish American mints of Potosí, Mexico City, Lima and Guatemala between 1673 and 1780. The series brings together the great trade silver of the Spanish Empire and three gold escudos, including an 8-escudos piece of which the Museum holds the only known example.

Obverse Description

Arms quartered with castles and lions on a Jerusalem cross, with the legend naming Philip V, King of Spain by the Grace of God.

Reverse Description

The Pillars of Hercules over the waves, with the mint marks and the date.

Source: Real Casa de la Moneda (Spanish Mint)