Lima Mint

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Spanish colonial institution colonial mint

Lima Mint was a major Spanish colonial mint in Lima, Peru, known for producing silver coins such as the famous pieces of eight during the colonial era.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial institution ⓘ colonial mint ⓘ
associatedWith	Spanish colonial monetary system ⓘ Spanish dollar ⓘ Spanish pieces of eight ⓘ
category	Colonial Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Economic history of Peru ⓘ Mints of the Spanish Empire ⓘ
coinageType	hammered coinage ⓘ milled coinage ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
currencyUnit	peso ⓘ real ⓘ
field	numismatics ⓘ
governingPower	Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	part of Peru’s numismatic history ⓘ
historicalRole	key mint in global silver flows of the early modern period ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn	Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTime	Spanish colonial era ⓘ
location	Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ
metalUsed	gold ⓘ silver ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Treasury of the Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
produced	Spanish colonial reales ⓘ cobs ⓘ gold coins ⓘ pieces of eight ⓘ pillar dollars ⓘ silver coins ⓘ
productUse	circulation in Asia via the Manila galleons ⓘ circulation in Europe ⓘ circulation in the Americas ⓘ international trade ⓘ payment of taxes and tributes in the Spanish Empire ⓘ
relatedTo	Mexico City Mint NERFINISHED ⓘ Potosí Mint NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedRegion	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	important mint for trans‑Pacific and Atlantic trade ⓘ major source of Spanish colonial silver coinage ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

piece of eight → mintedIn → Lima Mint ⓘ

peso de ocho → mintedAt → Lima Mint ⓘ