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cool california ground find-scarce 1811 coin
coachleonard
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Anyone familiar with 1810-15 Mexico War Of Independence coins? This is a ground find from central California (a friend of a friend found it). As it's sliced in two, it's a little hard to tell for sure if it's a 2 reales or 4 reales, but i am leaning towards 2 reales.
Anyway, it looks to me to be an 1811 zacatecas type 2 reales (spanish shield obverse, mountain design reverse) with the "el norte" counterstamps on BOTH sides. There are a variety of 'el norte' counterstamps, but they are all crude eagles and some have a rose
next to the eagle.
My question: what would a crudely sliced piece like this bring in today's market? And does having a counterstamp on BOTH sides
make it more valuable?
Anyway, it looks to me to be an 1811 zacatecas type 2 reales (spanish shield obverse, mountain design reverse) with the "el norte" counterstamps on BOTH sides. There are a variety of 'el norte' counterstamps, but they are all crude eagles and some have a rose
next to the eagle.
My question: what would a crudely sliced piece like this bring in today's market? And does having a counterstamp on BOTH sides
make it more valuable?
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