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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1234006, member: 6229"]<font face="arial"><font size="4">The error coin is Columbian silver 1/2 Real. It was struck in 1819 at the Bogato Mint and bears the mintmark <b>MR</b>. This is one of those coins that bears the obverse legend "FERDINAND VII" on its obverse, but features the bust of Charles the IV. That isn't the error. </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4">The error is the mint mark. Coins struck in 1812 at the Bogoto Mint normally bear the mint mark <b>NR</b> (Coin Archives photo):</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"> </font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1006281&AucID=935&Lot=1444&Val=30f0296cccbd33bcef4c90527a2d6da3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1006281&AucID=935&Lot=1444&Val=30f0296cccbd33bcef4c90527a2d6da3" rel="nofollow"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1006281&AucID=935&Lot=1444&Val=30f0296cccbd33bcef4c90527a2d6da3</span></font></span></font></u></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">Hope you enjoyed seeing this error...</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4">Clinker</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="4"><font size="4"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1234006, member: 6229"][FONT=arial][SIZE=4]The error coin is Columbian silver 1/2 Real. It was struck in 1819 at the Bogato Mint and bears the mintmark [B]MR[/B]. This is one of those coins that bears the obverse legend "FERDINAND VII" on its obverse, but features the bust of Charles the IV. That isn't the error. The error is the mint mark. Coins struck in 1812 at the Bogoto Mint normally bear the mint mark [B]NR[/B] (Coin Archives photo): [URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1006281&AucID=935&Lot=1444&Val=30f0296cccbd33bcef4c90527a2d6da3"][U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1006281&AucID=935&Lot=1444&Val=30f0296cccbd33bcef4c90527a2d6da3[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/U][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][SIZE=4][COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=4] Hope you enjoyed seeing this error... Clinker [/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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