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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 500996, member: 112&quot;]The reason the wrong bust was used because it took so long to make new dies and get from Spain to the New World. The old King died and the new King ascended the throne. The colonies knew this much. But the dies for the coins they issued always had to come from Spain. And because of transit delays in the shipping of the new coin dies with the new King&#039;s bust on them, they went ahead, changed the number from III to IV, and minted the coins with the old King&#039;s bust on them. They switched when the new dies finally arrived from Spain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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