Chopmarks & Counterstamps...
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Hey everybody... I aquired a small collection of Foreign silver for Christmas... thought I'd throw these 2 up for discussion.
I don't collect foreign but have always appreciated it. These 2 pieces are just plain cool.
Any insight on these 2 pieces would be appreciated. I assume the chopmarks are fairly unique. I couldn't find anythin at all on the counterstamped World Crown. Is that an assay mark similar to the chinese chops?
I picked up a small collection of old foreign silver yesterday...
Here's the first two I had a chance to shoot. I don't know much about either coin just yet...
1807 Charles IIII Mezico 8 Reales 
1893 World Crown 1893 Peru Lima Un Sol
Counterstamped with an unusual Mark - Obverse features a scroll with adorning rifles and leaves
an reads "Libertad 15 De Septiembre De 1821" Under the leaves is stamped 0.835 1894
The Reverse counterstamp features a Seated Lady holding a sword and reads "Republica De Guatemala 1/2 Real" (with smaller text underneath I cant quite make out.)
Comments
Don't know anything about individual chops, but cool coins and history.
Peru, maybe this will help.
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-1894-guatemala-counterstamp-on-a-peru-1869-1-sol.145862/
Both neat, unmessed with coins. Share more if you can.
A few more...
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Great looking silver.
Pretty cool, I just picked up a few chopmarked 8R too, unfortunately cleaned, but interesting.
Wow!!!!