2 Reales - Felipe IV Provisional countermarked coinage

Features

Issuer	Guatemala
King	Philip IV (1621-1665)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Year	1663
Value	2 Reales
Currency	Real (Colonial, 1733-1821)
Composition	Silver (.931)
Weight	6.7667 g
Shape	Cob
Technique	Countermarked, cob
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 17172 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	KM# A1 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes.

Mints

Comments

Provisional coinage; before Guatemala was able to mint their own coins they had a steady supply of currency from Bolivia, Mexico and Peru. These coins were then stamped by the local authority to ensure people would accept them for trade as they would be backed up by the regional authorities. These coins were stamped around the middle of the XVII century. Most of the coins weren't even stamped and just circulated as they were.
And this was enough for the region for a while, until later the commerce grew and a local mint became a necessity and their own coins started mintage in 1733.

Type I Crown counter-mark on:

KM#A1.1 - Host coin Lima 2 Reales KM/MB#9
KM#A1.2 - Host coin Bolivia 2 Reales KM#3

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