Spain. Fernando VII (1808-1833) AR 2 Reales -Trinidad - Santiago - Principe - Lattice Countermark

Title: Spain. Fernando VII (1808-1833) AR 2 Reales -Trinidad - Santiago - Principe - Lattice Countermark
Attribution: KM# 464 Cataluña
Date: 1812 SF
Obverse: •1812•, FERDIN • VII • DEI • GRATIA, bust right
Reverse: HISPANIARUM•REX•, R-2 / C-SF, crowned coat of arms
Size: 26.10mm
Weight: 4.95 grams
Description: Fine+, salt water toning. In 1841, a law was passed by the Spanish magistrate of Cuba mandating that all worn silver coins be devalued by marking them with a lattice-style counterstamp. Countermarked silver was then permitted to circulate at the new, revised value in Cuba, Trinidad and Puerto Principle (modern day Haiti).

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