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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Wharper, post: 473322, member: 4446&quot;]<b>Philippines 1828 Quarto</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This quarto was issued in Manila under Ferdinand VII.&nbsp; The reverse (pictured upside down) is the shield of Manila.&nbsp; &quot;Ferd VII&quot; is readable, beginning clockwise at the flan crack (7 o’clock).</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse is the &quot;Lion of Spain&quot; rampant over the two hemispheres of the globe. The year 1828 was notable in that the Spaniards began counterstamping silver crowns in that year due to a growing economy and a shortage of circulating currency, of which this is an example of small change.&nbsp; There is a smaller denomination, an octavo, in the same series.</p><p><br /></p><p>The quartos were issued sporadically (not every year is documented) from roughly 1771 to 1835 (final year).&nbsp; They were produced in Manila, using locally acquired and formed copper&nbsp; flans , although 1798&nbsp; varieties exist in brass, manufactured from recycled cast bells, due to a metals shortage.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is the wide variety of die types, including both reversed and upside-down letters and devices.&nbsp; The dies were reputed to be subcontracted to local metalworking firms, assumed to be Chinese, and therefore not well-versed in the English language.&nbsp; Some of the more unusual examples are die types that are mirror images, i.e. completely reversed when the coins where struck.&nbsp; Cracked flans are relatively common, as are off-centers, and partial strikes as these are, of course, hand-hammered coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>As noted by another poster, this is a fairly well-struck example, and it could go on EBay for $75 to $130, depending on who notices it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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