⅕ Dollar Counterstamped

Features

Issuer Puerto Rico
King Alfonso XII (1874-1885)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1884
Value ⅕ Dollar
Currency Countermarked coinage (fleur-de-lys, 1884-1894)
Composition Silver (.903)
Weight 5.60 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 25 March 1894
Number
N#
158178

Obverse

Fleur-de-lis countermark on a Spanish 4 Reales de vellon piece which displays a beust facing left and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IOSEPH · NAP · DEI · GRATIA ·
1811

Translation:
Ioseph Napoleon Dei Gratia
Joseph-Napoléon, with God's grace

Reverse

A Spanish 4 Reales de vellon piece, which displays a crowned shield surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HISPANIARUM ET IND · REX . M · A · I ·
4 - R

Translation:
King of Spain and the Indies
4 Reals

Mint

Mintmark of Royal Mint of Spain (M) Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda), Madrid, Spain (1591-date)

Comments

For most countermarks on Real coins, the conversion is 8 Reales = 1 Dollar, meaning a 4 Reales piece would be equal to 1/2 Dollar. This piece is an exception due to it being of a different currency called "Real de Vellon." The countermarked coins under that currency would have 20 Reales = 1 Dollar, 10 Reales = 1/2 Dollar, 5 Reales= 1/4 Dollar, 4 Reales = 1/5 Dollar, 2 Réales = 1/10 Dollar.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1884) M Host coin dates 1808 to 1813

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