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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7113925, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Spain: silver 2-reales of Philip V, 1723-A, Madrid mint, with unknown counterstamp</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1274378[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Spain, 2 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_real" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_real" rel="nofollow">reales</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_V_of_Spain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_V_of_Spain" rel="nofollow">Philip V</a>, 1723-A.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/spain-2-reales-km-296-1716-1740-cuid-1081730-duid-1514457" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/spain-2-reales-km-296-1716-1740-cuid-1081730-duid-1514457" rel="nofollow">KM 296,</a> <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6841.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6841.html" rel="nofollow">Numista-6841</a>.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Madrid mint (crowned &quot;M&quot; mintmark).&nbsp; 26 mm, .903 silver. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse: </b>crowned arms.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> cross with castles and lions in angles, within octolobe.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The coin is heavily worn with an old crease, but has an intriguing small counterstamp of unknown origin on the obverse (shield) side. This mark is an incuse scalloped rectangle with two unknown characters inside. (Perhaps two letters, or a crowned letter?&nbsp; It might be upside-down in my photos.) </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-WNC Coins, Asheville, NC, USA, June 2019.&nbsp; Found in a small bulk silver lot along with some other well-worn old Spanish silver that I found intriguing.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1274379[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1274378[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1274380[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1274381[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1274382[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1274383[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1274384[/ATTACH] </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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