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Prince Edward Island, cut and countermarked 8-Reales of Mexico, Charles IV, 1799 FM, Mo, 22.20g., with regular shaped central hole, the rim neither decorated nor bevelled, and a small sun countermark over the edge of the forehead, before DEI, composed of ten regular triangles, possibly a contemporary merchant's copy (Byrne (repr.) pp.23-6; Ch.PE1A2; de Cl. & Wh.2; H & W.37a), host coin good fine, countermark very fine, rare
Prince Edward Island, cut and countermarked 8-Reales of Mexico, Charles IV, 1799 FM, Mo, 22.20g., with regular shaped central hole, the rim neither decorated nor bevelled, and a small sun countermark over the edge of the forehead, before DEI, composed of ten regular triangles, possibly a contemporary merchant's copy (Byrne (repr.) pp.23-6; Ch.PE1A2; de Cl. & Wh.2; H & W.37a), host coin good fine, countermark very fine, rare

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Prince Edward Island, cut and countermarked 8-Reales of Mexico, Charles IV, 1799 FM, Mo, 22.20g., with regular shaped central hole, the rim neither decorated nor bevelled, and a small sun countermark over the edge of the forehead, before DEI, composed of ten regular triangles, possibly a contemporary merchant's copy (Byrne (repr.) pp.23-6; Ch.PE1A2; de Cl. & Wh.2; H & W.37a), host coin good fine, countermark very fine, rare

拍品专文

Most authorities agree that there is no definite way of distinguishing official issues of these pieces from local contemporary copies. Both circulated for 10 years on an equal basis after the government tried to withdraw them, so collectors usually regard them as of equal value. The countermark on this specimen is of the correct shape and in the correct position.