Posted 01/06/2014 5:45 pm
If you note to the left of the shield the "M 4R FM", it is actually imitative of a late 1700s Mexico 4 Reales (though only "M" here rather than "Mo" mintmark).
I "think" these pieces, which appear with some frequency, are ca-1870 Paris-made issues, very similar in style to the frequently seen "1805" dated large buttons using a rather accurate reproduced design of a Lima 8 Reales. Most often, these served as buttons (usually seen with shank, or the remnants of a removed shank). Sometimes they are seen without as any trace of being used as a button... not sure why that is. Maybe some were distributed just as commemorative nostalgic tokens?
There are several front-back combos that I have seen the obv or rev you have there. For example, a 1798-dated portrait obverse paired with the shield-type 4R reverse... as described in this old Stack's lot:
http://legacy.stacks.com/Lot/ItemDetail/185681
See also:
https://goccf.com/t/98255
http://www.ebay.com/itm/026-INDALO-...370965202747
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPAIN-COLON...190976821672
I "think" these pieces, which appear with some frequency, are ca-1870 Paris-made issues, very similar in style to the frequently seen "1805" dated large buttons using a rather accurate reproduced design of a Lima 8 Reales. Most often, these served as buttons (usually seen with shank, or the remnants of a removed shank). Sometimes they are seen without as any trace of being used as a button... not sure why that is. Maybe some were distributed just as commemorative nostalgic tokens?
There are several front-back combos that I have seen the obv or rev you have there. For example, a 1798-dated portrait obverse paired with the shield-type 4R reverse... as described in this old Stack's lot:
http://legacy.stacks.com/Lot/ItemDetail/185681
See also:
https://goccf.com/t/98255
http://www.ebay.com/itm/026-INDALO-...370965202747
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPAIN-COLON...190976821672
Edited by realeswatcher
01/06/2014 5:50 pm
01/06/2014 5:50 pm
