1½ Bits Moco
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Features
| Issuer |
Dominica
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins |
| Year | 1798 |
| Value | 1½ Bits (1.5) |
| Currency | Second Dominican Dollar (1798-1813) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.05 g |
| Diameter | 14 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 88544 |
| References | KM# 1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Fred Pridmore. Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the End of the Reign of George VI 1952. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). |
Obverse
Script “D” with rays and small star in the loop of the letter overstruck on crenated circular center plug of Spanish or Spanish Colonial 8 Reales
Lettering: D
Reverse
Part of the face design of the host coin
Comments
The 1½ Bits is the plug from a Spanish and later Spanish American colonial coinage.
The Dollar was sub- divided into Bits each being worth 9 pence until 1813.
The Dollar was sub- divided into Bits each being worth 9 pence until 1813.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1798) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 94
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