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2 Reales Caracas 1818

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23.7 mm, 4.67 grams


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Wow, struck over a coin dated 1788.

Does it looks like the coin was plated?
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Not that I can see.
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coinarchives shows two recent sales of examples in similar grade to the one posted at 135 and 160 euro.

That was quite a cool lot!
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1988 is the year of Australia's bicentenary.
Therefore, this coin has some Australian significance.
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Its an interesting piece - most contemporary circulating counterfeits I have seen are of German Silver. I have seen only (3) all German Silver. As a previous post comment has indicated this appears to be silver plated as the photo suggest surface peeling and note the green? overtones. Weights vary in these pieces. Probably struck over a counterfeit 2 Reales piece dated 1788?

Very unusual piece.

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My impression is that it's a genuine coin with environmental issues due to being used in a hot/humid environment. Really not uncommon to see brown and green crud forming on the surface of these coins. Also, what visible remnants there are of the host coin are a perfect match to a peninsular Spain 2 reales of this year, as far as shape and style. If it were a CCC I'd expect some differences.
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