Title: Spain. Ferdinand VII (1808-1833) AR 2 Reales -Trinidad - Santiago - Principe / Lattice CountermarkAttribution: KM# 5 (Host coin: KM#460.2 Madrid)
Date: 1812
Obverse: •1812•FERDIN•VII•DEI•GRATIA, draped bust right
Reverse: HISPANIARUM•REX•, R-2 / M-IJ, crowned coat of arms
Size: 25.54mm
Weight: 5.46 grams
Description: toned nearing VF. 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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