2 Reales Type V Countermark

Features

Issuer	El Salvador
Period	Republic (1841-date)
Type	Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Year	1868
Value	2 Reales
Currency	Real (1828-1889)
Composition	Silver (.666)
Weight	5.5 g
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled, Countermarked
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 75441
References	KM# 56 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Type V mark; 1868 Arms on milled Spanish-American coin. Can be any of these:
-Plain Liberty cap above shield on draped flags within 10mm circle.
-Radiant Liberty cap above shield on draped flags within 12mm circle.
-Liberty cap above shield within branches in 12mm circle.

Mints

	Bogota Mint (Casa de Moneda de Bogotá), Santa Fe de Bogota, modern-day Bogota, Colombia (1620-1987)
	Casa de Moneda de Colombia, Popayan, Colombia

Comments

Host coin Colombia KM#97

A decree on September 28, 1868 ordered all worn, Spanish-American, 1 and 2 Real milled coins counter-stamped with one of these marks, to distinguish them from debased Spanish Provincial coins.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1868)												Host years 1837-1846.

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Actual silver weight: 0.118 oz

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

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