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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Iceman, post: 450870, member: 16086&quot;]I have just recently started collecting coins and I went to my first coin auction last weekend. I bought this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.theofilus.net/images/coins/1819_A_small.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.theofilus.net/images/coins/1819_B_small.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It was said to be a &quot;silver coin from 1819&quot; without any more detail. The seller spoke to me after the auction and told me he didn&#039;t know what it was. Using Google, I&#039;ve been able to figure out that &quot;PORT BRAS ET ALG REX&quot; means &quot;King of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves&quot;. In 1819 King John VI was king of Portugal and the name &quot;JOANEN&quot; can be made out, but the curious (to me at least) thing is that it seems to be superimposed on the word &quot;DEI&quot; which doesn&#039;t belong there at all.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.theofilus.net/images/coins/1819_A_detail.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the other side, you can see a similar situation.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.theofilus.net/images/coins/1819_B_detail.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Does anybody have any more information about this coin and what&#039;s with the superimposed letters? Also, does anybody here read Portugese so you can tell me what the lettering means?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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