1 Real Type V Countermark

Features

Issuer El Salvador
Period Republic (1841-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1868
Value 1 Real
Currency Real (1828-1889)
Composition Silver (.666)
Weight 2.7 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled, countermarked
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
75433
References KM# 49
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 V mark; 1868 Arms on milled Spanish-American coin. Can be any of these:
-Plain Liberty cap above shield on draped flags within 10mm circle.
-Radiant Liberty cap above shield on draped flags within 12mm circle.
-Liberty cap above shield within branches in 12mm circle.

Mint

Casa de Moneda de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia (1620-1987)

Comments

Host coin Colombia KM#91.1

A decree on September 28, 1868 ordered all worn, Spanish-American, 1 and 2 Real milled coins counter-stamped with one of these marks, to distinguish them from debased Spanish Provincial coins.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1868)  Host year 1837-1846.

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