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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;heavycam.monstervam, post: 2125871, member: 73448&quot;]Ok, from the bits and pieces visible on this coin i would say no, not rare per se. But, as far as the counter mark goes, i have no clue on that one. You will hafta wait for one of our countermark collectors to stop by 4 that answer. I do know that its a desirable piece, or atleast I would like to own it. This is how they would make change in the day,just cut an 8 reales coin into pieces. What you have here is what they refer to as 2 bits. It started off as an 8 reales coin and when cut into 4 quarters you would have 2 now instead of the original 8. Hence the song or more popularly, the infamous knock people do, unbeknownst to them. Its actually a neat part of our history and these spanish coins were actually legal tender here until 1857 i believe. Im no expert tho[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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