When I went to Puerto Rico some years back I was looking through my change there to see if "left over" old coins was floating around, ya never know. A Local asked me if I knew that Puerto Rico had their OWN coins at one time. Being a butt of a few jokes I was skeptical but said "Really? cool" and left it at that. Some years later I found these two, He was right, they did make Puerto Rican coins. Here are mine, Ten Centavo and a (Holed durn it) 5 Centavo. Anyone have more or currency??
I purchased this coin when I visited my family in Puerto Rico. A coin shop I visit there. 20 Centavos Yes.. I'm a son of Puerto Rican parents
I suspect that the coins were struck in Spain. Puerto Rico belonged to Spain (Spanish colony?) at that time. Probably Cuba too. That all changed in 1898.
No, I thought you were Heinz 57 paddyman. Just my wise remark because you often make me so darn jealous with your detecting finds...Bah-Hum-Bug
My brush with Puerto Rico was not direct, not even close but... In high school the father of one of the guys that I graduated with had been the governor during WWII. Apparently he was also in Roosevelt's Kitchen Cabinet. His name was Rexford Tugwell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexford_Tugwell Oh, and on a Caribbean cruise we stopped one day in Puerto Rico. So my connection with Puerto Rico essentially incidental.
Numista is currently showing several coins, stamped with the Puerto Rico counter stamp, a Fleur-de-Lis, as being available for trade. One is a Morgan Dollar.
Fleur-de-Lis!? I thought that was French. But then I'm weak on world politics, particularly the historical part.
It is and it isn't. It is also a symbol in part, of the House of Bourbon's Coat of Arms. The House of Bourbon was the ruling Dynasty of Spain, at the time. Governor Daban issued these in 1885, I think. I won't write a full history here and bore everybody. I just wanted to clarify why the symbol has anything to do with Puerto Rico. Edit: realized I left out the U and left out an apostrophe. Borbon is a sort of Spanish derivative, and it may have confused everybody. Sorry. Continue without me. Rambling. Senior moment. I do that.