1819 Curaco 3 Reales Counterstamp

This is neat counter stamp I picked up yesterday. quartered 8 reales re denominated as 3 reales.

 

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That's very cool! Nice historical piece!

 

phew!

 

That is great! Two thumbs up!

 

amazing!!

=> wow, all of your counterstamps are primo (congrats!!)

 

so why is it chopped up? was someone making "change" with the silver?

 

Great way to leverage your money! Cut 8 reales into 5 piece, mark each one 3 reales, profit 7 reales each coin.


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I think that I may be on to something? ...




=> selling pizza "by the slice" eventually forced the merchants into making change

 

Exactly what I thought... what an old slice of Pizza LOL