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hiijacker
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I believe the coin is copper. Any idea what it is?
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hiijacker
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hiijacker
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S. American I believe. Maybe Peru?
bob
This coin resembles those issued by the Central American Republic, which was a 1823-1839 confederation of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
This specific coin seems to have been an 8 reales piece issued by the independent State of Honduras, which continued to use the older C.A.R. design until 1857-1861. It is made of a Copper-Lead alloy.
There should be some other people here who are more expert in this than me. I doubt that the value of this exceeds ten dollars, but I may be wrong.
I used the Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900 (Krause Publications) to identify this one.
Your photographic skills are extremely good, even if your coin is not!
Nicaragua perhaps (similar mountains):
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Honduras. See the "HOND" in the lower right.
IIRC, the good @CaptHenway once had a very nice collection of Honduras coins. Sadly lost.
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Honduras 1832, 1 Real or 1/2 Real.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces28500.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/honduras-1.html#c_honduras3131
Based on the crudeness, 1850’s, probably an 8 Reales.