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4 Maravedis Republican coinage
| Issuer | Margarita |
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| Year | 1810 |
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| Value | 4 Maravedis (1/8) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse field displays a scattered arrangement of six or more five-pointed stars of varying sizes distributed across the flan, serving as the primary decorative motif. A partial circular legend runs along the upper and lateral rim, incorporating the denomination numeral 4, date, and inscription DA FX DIA 4 DE MAIO 1810, commemorating the date of issue. Additional star ornaments flank the numeral 4 in the legend. The design is boldly simple and characteristic of the improvised coinage struck on Margarita Island during the early Venezuelan independence movement. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Margarita Island, off the Venezuelan coast, declared independence from Spain in 1810 — among the earliest territories in South America to do so. This copper issue is a product of that immediate assertion of autonomy, struck locally with whatever dies and metal the island's provisional authorities could muster. The minting infrastructure was rudimentary at best, and strike quality varies considerably across surviving specimens as a direct consequence.