Spain 1815 Ferdinand VII 2 Escudos Gold Coin

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Spain 1815 Ferdinand VII 2 Escudos Gold CoinThis beautiful 1815 87.5% gold coin hails from Spain. Weighing 6.7 grams and measuring about 23 mm in diameter, it features the big laureate bust of King Ferdinand VII, facing right.Ferdinand VII (1784-1833) had a tumultuous reign, interrupted when he was overthrown by Napoleon in 1808. When he returned to the throne in 1813, he found a French-style Constitution in place that established an incredibly liberal (for the time) parliamentary system, electo