Help with a Mexican countermark

savoyspecial

....on a worn 2 Reales

TwoKopeiki

I've never seen this one before. The crudeness of the crown reminds me of the Philippines counterstamps of Ferdinand VII and Isabella II, but that's definitely not it.

Is that an upside-down roman-style hand axe next to it?

TwoKopeiki

Also, not sure if it's obvious or not, it's not a War of Independence counterstamp, since the host is from Mexico Republic period.

TwoKopeiki

I've re-posted this on CoinCommunity. There are a few folks there that might be able to help or at least give some ideas.

syl

Do you have a photo of both the Obv & Rev? It looks like one of the War of Independence issues from around 1800-1820, but I need to see what coin was the original. There were lots of counterstamps then, depending upon which bandito wanted to take over power.

TwoKopeiki

<< <i>Do you have a photo of both the Obv & Rev? It looks like one of the War of Independence issues from around 1800-1820, but I need to see what coin was the original. There were lots of counterstamps then, depending upon which bandito wanted to take over power. >>



Syl, based on what you can see in the photos, the host is minted after 1824. It could be either a hookneck (which would be cool, but unlikely), or a later cap and rays design of the Republic.

savoyspecial

Thanks for the help so far

The host coin is an 1842 Mexican 2 Reales