Ferdinand VII

Ferdinand VII (14 October 1784 – 29 September 1833), the eldest son of Charles IV amd María Luisa of Parma, was the last King of Spain to reign over New Spain.

He succeeded his father, who abdicated in his favour on 19 March 1808. That year Napoleon overthrew him and appointed his brother, Joseph, King of Spain. Ferdinand he linked his monarchy to counter-revolution and reactionary policies that produced a deep rift in Spain between his forces on the right and liberals on the left. Back in power in December 1813, he re-established the absolutist monarchy and rejected the liberal constitution of 1812. A revolt in 1820 forced him to restore the constitution, starting the Liberal Triennium, a three-year period of liberal rule. In 1823 the Congress of Verona authorized a successful French intervention, restoring him to absolute power for the second time. He died on 29 September 1833.

Assayer's initials for the coinage of Ferninand VII are:

Initial	Name	Began on	Left office on
T	Tomás Butrón Miranda	1801	1810
H	Henrique Buenaventura Azorín	1803	1814
J	Joaquín Dávila Madrid	1809	1833
J	José García Ansaldo	1812	1833

The amounts coined during Ferdinand's reign were:

	Gold	Silver	Copper	Total
1809	1,464,818.00	24,708,164.31¼		26,172,982.31¼
1810	1,095,504.00	17,950,684.43⅜		19,046,188.43⅜
1811	1,085,364.00	8,956,432.34⅜		10,041,796.34⅜
1812	381,646.00	4,027,620.09⅜		4,409,266.09⅜
1813		6,133,983.06¼		6,133,983.06¼
1814	618,069.00	6,902,481.56¼	103,555.00	7,624,105.56¼
1815	486,464.00	6,454,799.62½	101,356.62½	7.042,620.25
1816	960,393.00	8,315,616.03⅛	125,281.75	9,401,290.78⅛
1817	854,942.00	7,994,951.00		8.849,893.00
1818	533,921.00	10,852,367.93¼		11,386,288.93¼
1819	539,377.00	11,491,138.62½		12,030,515.62½
1820	509,076.00	9,897,078.12½		10,406,154.12½
1821	303,504.00	5,600,022.43⅜	12,700.00	5,916,226.43⅜
	8,833,078.00	129,285,339.58⅝	342,893.37½	138,461,310.96⅛
issued by the royalist provisional mints from 1810 to 1821				30,596,338.02
				169,057,648,98⅛