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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 26097376, member: 110226&quot;]Viceroy of Peru, Lima, Charles II, 8 reales 1686 R.</p><p>KM 24</p><p>27.0 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1663547[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Viceroy of Peru, Potosi, Charles II, 8 reales, 1686 VR.</p><p>KM 26</p><p>27.4 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1663546[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Spain, 8 escudos, Charles II, (1686), Madrid, Assayer M.</p><p>FR 216; Cal-type 2A; KM 168.1</p><p>26.94 grams</p><p>While this coin lacks a date (off the flan), based on other dated examples, it was minted in 1686, the only year for assayer M at Madrid.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1663548[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a bit of history.</p><p>September 2, 1686: The Holy League Alliance of the Holy Roman Empire, Russia and Austria liberates the Hungarian city of Buda (now part of Budapest) from the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Buda.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1663551[/ATTACH]</p><p>By Gyula Benczúr (1844-1920)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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