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Re: Spanish 4 reale coin with the 1797 King George III counterstamp
Since your 4 reales coin was minted at the Seville Mint, it can be said that it was countermarked according to the decree of 1799. On 21 September 1799, the Treasury issued a warrant instructing the … (View Post)1 -
Re: January 2025 Country of the Month Costa Rica
Let me tell you about your coin. Excuse my English, I am translating with Google Translate On June 7, 1846, a coup d'état took place in Costa Rica. To give the coup legitimacy, a new Constitution was… (View Post)3 -
Re: January 2025 Country of the Month Costa Rica
The coins of 1847, as well as similarly designed issues of 1849 and 1850, were popularly nicknamed mariquitas (ladybugs). Despite the fact that in the Minting Decree itself the girl is called an Indi… (View Post)5 -
Re: 8 Sol, Bolivian Republic coinage (1827-1863) Master Thread
I think there are a number of problems here. Of course, the dies were made of bad metal. This problem remained when they started minting boliviano coins later. But perhaps the main reason for the fre… (View Post)2 -
Re: 8 Sol, Bolivian Republic coinage (1827-1863) Master Thread
In this case, the word PESO is not the name of a monetary unit (like the word dollar), but the word WEIGHT (WEIGHT OF 400 GRAINS). This word was also minted on other coins of small denominations (the… (View Post)2