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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1552832, member: 112&quot;]The 4 reales and the 4 escudos were always the ugly stepchild of the series, and far more of them are scarce than are the other denominations. That is because they always minted less of them than they did the other denominations as per the Royal Decrees that ordered them minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was much like it is with our coinage today, the small denominations are the workhorses so they always minted the most of them. The large denominations, the 8&#039;s, were primarily minted for shipment back to Spain to pay the Royal Fifth. And since the 4&#039;s were too big (too much money) to be used in most everyday commerce, they only minted a few.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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