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FangzFangz Posts: 15 ✭
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Hey everyone, my friend has this coin that seems to be some sort of gambling token but I am not fully sure. It’s in pretty rough shape but it seems it was stamped. Any input would be appreciated thanks for your time

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 31,901 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    FangzFangz Posts: 15 ✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    Thanks so much. Sorry for posting in the wrong section. Had no idea what it was.

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 31,901 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 18, 2021 8:09PM

    @Fangz said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    Thanks so much. Sorry for posting in the wrong section. Had no idea what it was.

    No problem

    Welcome to the forum

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Fangz .... Welcome aboard....You have your answer above. Cheers, RickO

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    WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,347 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome aboard @Fangz.
    Don't be a stranger.
    Wayne

    Kennedys are my quest...

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    jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 9,291 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome to the board. Interesting coin regardless.
    Jim


    When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln

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    FangzFangz Posts: 15 ✭

    Thanks everyone!

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    JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,812 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Fangz said:
    Thanks everyone!

    Your welcome!

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    JBKJBK Posts: 14,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

    To add, I think the coin started life as a 10 Reis and then in the 1830s or 1840s they did a currency revaluation and the denominations were doubled by means of the counterstamp.

    You also see coins stamped 40.

    Costa Rica did the same thing in 1923.

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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome!

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    MasonGMasonG Posts: 6,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    To add, I think the coin started life as a 10 Reis and then in the 1830s or 1840s they did a currency revaluation and the denominations were doubled by means of the counterstamp.

    You also see coins stamped 40.

    Actually, the "20" counterstamps are on 40 reis coins, the "40" counterstamps are on 80 reis coins and there are "10" counterstamps on 20 reis coins.

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    JBKJBK Posts: 14,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MasonG said:

    @JBK said:
    To add, I think the coin started life as a 10 Reis and then in the 1830s or 1840s they did a currency revaluation and the denominations were doubled by means of the counterstamp.

    You also see coins stamped 40.

    Actually, the "20" counterstamps are on 40 reis coins, the "40" counterstamps are on 80 reis coins and there are "10" counterstamps on 20 reis coins.

    Thx for the clarification.

    So they redenominated downward....

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    BarberianBarberian Posts: 3,039 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These coins circulated in the US in the early 1800's. My grandfather dug up a counterstamped 40-Reis Brazilian copper (larger than a silver dollar) dated 1829 from his garden on Long Island.

    3 rim nicks away from Good

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