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1. Re: Copper 1/4 what?? Help needed!

   

   Comment by Rexford · December 16, 2025 11:51AM · Home› World & Ancient Coins Forum

   https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/venezuela-maracaibo-1-4-real-km-1-1813-cuid-1075312-duid-1603823

2. Copper 1/4 what?? Help needed!

   

   

   Discussion by PROMETHIUS88 · December 15, 2025 7:05PM · Home› World & Ancient Coins Forum

   Trying to identify this copper piece. Identifier apps show Columbian or Venezuelan but don't match. I can't seem to find it. Any help is appreciated!

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   Comment by PROMETHIUS88 · December 16, 2025 12:34PM · Home› World & Ancient Coins Forum

   This board is amazing! Thanks for your help!

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   Comment by PROMETHIUS88 · December 16, 2025 11:02AM · Home› World & Ancient Coins Forum

   Thank you for the direction and information! Tim

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   Comment by pruebas · December 15, 2025 10:50PM · Home› World & Ancient Coins Forum

   Being so crude, it’s probably some kind of token, such as a hacienda token or similar. You might have some luck with the book Latin American Tokens by Russ Rulau (Krause Publications). Of course that is if it’s Latin American, which isn’t a given.

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   Comment by realeswatcher · December 16, 2025 3:44PM · Home› World & Ancient Coins Forum

   Per Stack's Ortiz cuartillo collection early 2024: "Once believed to be a necessity issue by royalists of Maracaibo during the Venezuelan War of Independence, evidence uncovered by the late numismatic researcher Luis Ponte Puigbo at the Archivo de las Indias in Seville confirms that this issue was actually intended for use…