ID | Spanish Countermarked Maravedis

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Chris99460 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 12/29/2008 11:01 pm Hi, no idea what these coins are. Please help me to identify. They are copper, one date is 1652. Thanks in advance. Image: DSCN0439.jpg 24.01 KB Image: DSCN0440.jpg 23.97 KB Image: DSCN0441.jpg 24.57 KB Image: DSCN0442.jpg 24.72 KB Image: DSCN0443.jpg 24.51 KB Image: DSCN0444.jpg 23.85 KB Image: DSCN0447.jpg 20.69 KB Report this Post to the Staff

bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 12/30/2008 05:02 am It is difficult to determinate the coins on these pictures, but I think these are all Spanish maravedi coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 01/02/2009 5:37 pm Chris99460- they are in fact all Spanish Maravedi coins. These were rather crudely made in spain during the 17th century and were often revalued. This means that often various counterstamps were applied to the faces and further obliterated much of the design. Report this Post to the Staff
manila galleon trade Pillar of the Community Spain 1361 Posts	Posted 01/02/2009 6:22 pm These coins are Spanish countermarked (resello) coins. From 2 to 4 maravedis coins that were countermarked IIII, VI, VIII, 8, XII. (pictures are not clear of the sizes and so are the stamps) These are also called calderillas (loose change). When the economy was bad because of so many wars during that century, the King would use small value coins and stamp it with higher value. These coins are not expensive, unless you can see the year and mintmark of the original (host) coin and the counterstamps are clear and complete with year, crown and mintmarks. Imagine your 1 cent will be stamped with a value of 1 dollar. These coins are not popular as they look ugly and overused. I am one of the few who collects them. They also call these pirate coin which I think is wrong as the pirates don't like these coins of low metal value. They want silver and gold. Report this Post to the Staff
manila galleon trade Pillar of the Community Spain 1361 Posts	Posted 01/02/2009 6:23 pm By the way, I forgot, to the best forum Report this Post to the Staff
Chris99460 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 01/02/2009 7:09 pm Interesting, thanks for the information. This is an awesome forum! Report this Post to the Staff
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