8 Reales 1839 RS Nueva Granada Countermark

8 Reales 1839 RS Nueva Granada (Countermark) - obverse8 Reales 1839 RS Nueva Granada (Countermark) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Paraguay
Period Republic (1811-date)
Year 1868
Value 8 Reales
Currency Cut and Countermarked coinage (1844-1872)
Composition Silver (.666)
Weight 24.2 g
Diameter 37.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Countermarked
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
225933

Obverse

Condor with banner above cornucopia, countermarked with a circular punch with seated lion figure below Liberty cap on staff dividing date 1868 (One of the two national coats of arms called "Sello de Hacienda")

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE LA NUEVA GRANADA
LIBERTAD I ORDEN
1868
.1839.

Translation:
Republic of New Granada
Liberty and Order

Reverse

Denomination within wreath

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VALE OCHO REALES
LEI
OCHO
DINEROS
R. ✶ BOGOTA ✶ S.

Translation:
Worth Eight Real
(I) Read
Eight
Money

Comments

Necessity coinage countermarked during the Paraguayan War (1864-70) between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.
Paraguayans numismatics are aware of the existence of a small die wich various coins from other countries were remarked.
Countermark on Nueva Granada (Colombia) 8 Reales 1839 RS (KM#98 & Hernández#291-293)
Estimated value: USD 5000 - USD 7500

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1868 (1839 RS) Counterstamped year: 1868

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