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Philippines Coin? Need Help Identifying

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I am having a hard time positively identifying these coins. The first one looks like a Philippines Quarto, except that the shield is wrong (lion and castle are reversed). The second one the lion is facing the other way, not sure what it is. I wish they were in better condition, half of the detail is missing from both. Thanks.


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Both are 22mm.
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11/17/2014 7:26 pm
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The image in Krause[CE] matches your top picture (slighly different image of the lion), but varieties exust as spelled out on the NGC site as well.
Don't know if the second one is covered as variety or if it is maybe a contemporary copy.
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They are very nice examples, these are extremely crude and poorly struck issues. The top one actually appears to be about UNC. They are also known for many varieties and retrograde design elements, including letters, numbers and even the lion on the obverse. Both appear to be perfectly genuine examples.
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I had no idea. These have been in my collection for quite some time, but I never really researched them as they looked very worn. I've been doing some research now and it looks like the bottom one would be a 1829 quarto with a retrograde lion. I guess the shield would be a variety on both as well. I wonder how rare or sought after these are?
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In the condition these are they are rather scarce and well sought after.
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1821F and 1829
Manilla mint (M)
F is the mint official's initial.
http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/...4-duid-95313
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces27112.html
I agree with the other posts about these coins
FERD.VII.D.G.HISP.ET.IND.R.
FERDINANDUS SEPTIMUS DEI GRATIA HISPANIARUM ET INDIAE REX
Ferdinad the seventh, by Gods grace, king of Spain and India
UTRAq.VIRT.PROTEGO
UTRAQ VIRTUTE PROTEGETUR
every power protects
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Thank you for the information. I have come across this interesting bit of information from papercoinage:

Notes on Octavos and Quartos

Octavos and Quartos minted from 1771 through 1835 include many die varieties, most of them too minor to have been noted in detail by numismatists. No official mint was in operation in Manila at this time. Manufacture of these subsidiary coins was assigned to private Chinese contractors with little technical background and, it would appear, even less knowledge of western alphabets. Their coins were so crudely struck that to a casual observer they almost appear to be counterfeits. Errors, such as inverted letters, abound.
Many of the quartos were struck so weakly that the dates do not appear. The wear from subsequent circulation, of course, helped contribute to this defect, but Gilbert Perez has described the discovery of a hoard of some 80 pieces of the 1828-1830 type. All the coins were in mint condition with full luster, but most of them lacked dates.
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Yep, that's exactly why this is such an interesting series. Definitely a good one to look at when learning about crude/weak strikes versus wear.
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