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2 Reales Countermarked - Key
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1872-1877 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Host Mexican coin displaying the national arms of the First Mexican Republic: an eagle passant displayed perched on a prickly pear cactus growing from a rock in a lake, devouring a serpent in its beak, the whole flanked by laurel and oak branches tied at the base. The legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA arcs along the upper periphery in Latin characters, bordered by a beaded rim. The design is characteristic of the early republican coinage struck at multiple Mexican mints between 1825 and 1870. |
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| Reverse description | Host Mexican coin depicting a Phrygian liberty cap radiating divergent rays, with the word LIBERTAD incused or in relief across the cap. Along the lower arc of the field, the denomination, mint mark, date, assayer initials, and silver fineness are inscribed (e.g. 2R.G.1832.M.J.10 D.20G.), indicating 2 Reales, assayers, and a fineness of 10 Dineros 20 Granos (approximately 90.28% fine silver). Applied to the right of center is the Cuban countermark depicting a key, punched by Spanish colonial authorities in Cuba during 1872–1877 to validate the host coin for local circulation. |
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| Mintage | ND (1872-1877) - Host date: 1825-1870 |
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