2 Reales Type III Countermark

Features

Issuer	El Salvador
Period	State of the Federal Republic of Central America (1823-1841)
Type	Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Year	1839 (1840)
Value	2 Reales
Currency	Real (1828-1889)
Composition	Silver (.667)
Weight	6.5 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled, Countermarked
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 75424
References	KM# 37 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Type III mark: Volcano, 1839 below, in rectangle. Exists with normal and retrograde 3 in date.

Comments

Host coin Peru KM#169.1

Debased fractional coins of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1835-1839) were rejected. A decree of January 13, 1840 ordered all Peruvian and Bolivian coins of legal Silver weight and fineness issued before 1835 to be countermarked to indicate their legitimacy.

This countermarking was done in 1840, using a counterpuch bearing a 1839 date.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1839 (1840)												Host year 1837

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Actual silver weight: 0.139 oz

Current silver price: 73.30 USD/oz (see silver price

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