½ Real Type III Countermark

Features

Issuer El Salvador
Period State of the Federal Republic of Central America (1823-1841)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1840
Value ½ Real
Currency Real (1828-1889)
Composition Silver (.902)
Weight 1.7 g
Diameter 17.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, countermarked
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
75421
References KM# 30
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.

Obverse

Type III mark: Volcano, 1839 below, in rectangle. Exists with normal and retrograde 3 in date.

Comments

Host coin Chile KM#90

Debased fractional coins of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1835-1839) were rejected. A decree of January 13, 1840 ordered all Peruvian and Bolivian coins of legal Silver weight and fineness issued before 1835 to be countermarked to indicate their legitimacy.

This countermarking was done in 1840, using a counterpuch bearing a 1839 date.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1840)  Host years 1833-1834

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