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Help w/unknown counterstamp on 1723 Spain 2-reales?
lordmarcovan
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Sorry for the photos. I did the best I could. The coin is well worn with an old crease, but has an intriguing small counterstamp on the obverse (shield) side. This mark is an incuse scalloped rectangle with two unknown characters inside. (Perhaps two letters, or a crowned letter?) It is entirely possible I have the counterstamp sideways or upside-down in the pictures.
The closest I've seen in Google Image searches are some with a crowned G, but no exact match. I'm not up to speed with counterstamps, other than the vague notion that a lot of 18th century Spanish silver that circulated in the Caribbean/West Indies had them.
Cross-reference: posted the same coin on the CoinTalk forums.
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Possible silversmith's mark or hallmark but I can't make it out.