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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 413370, member: 6229"]<font size="5">Puerto Rico, as a colony of Spain, received its circulating coinage from shipments directly from Madrid, Spain and various Spanish-Colonial Mints in the Americas prior to 1881.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">One such coin is this 1880 gold 25 Pesetas:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ubs/070/00932q00.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ubs/070/00932q00.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ubs/070/00932q00.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Another is this 1878 Gold 10 Pesetas:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ubs/070/00947q00.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ubs/070/00947q00.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ubs/070/00947q00.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">And here's (I hope you enjoy) a collection of silver coins:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=489926&AucID=359&Lot=14129" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=489926&AucID=359&Lot=14129" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=489926&AucID=359&Lot=14129</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">1880 was the last year Puerto Rico received Spanish Colonial Coins. What to do?</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">In 1884, a number of foreign coins were countermarked with a <b><i>fleur-de-lis</i></b> by the Customs House of Puerto Rico as an athentication mark for circulation on the Islands. Readily available Spanish 5 and 10 Centimos coins and Pesos, as well as, 2, 4, and 8 Reales coins, found themselves with awell-struck <b><i>fleur-de-lis </i></b>incused on one of its surfaces.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Here's a photo (courtesy Coin Archives amd Heritage coins) of a holed Mexico Mint 1873 Go S Balance Scale Peso with an incused <b><i>fleur-de-lis </i></b>countermark on it:</font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/heritage/378/image14339.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/heritage/378/image14339.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/heritage/378/image14339.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">During 1884 United States coins, including 20 Cent pieces, Quarters, Halves, and Dollars also went through the "counterstamp" machinations of the Puerto Rico Customs House.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Here's a photo of a countermarked U.S. 1832 Half Dollar:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=70766&AucID=56&Lot=1247" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=70766&AucID=56&Lot=1247" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=70766&AucID=56&Lot=1247</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">All countermarked coins remained in circulation until 1894 when most were redeemed by the Puerto Rican banks. In 1895, silver 20 centavos and 1 peso coins were introduced by Puerto Rico itself, followed in 1896 by silver 5, 10 and 40 centavos. </font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Here's some photos courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery (dated 1896):</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue-5c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km20%205%20Centavos%20(1896" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue-5c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km20%205%20Centavos%20(1896" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue-5c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%</a></font><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue-5c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km20%205%20Centavos%20(1896" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue-5c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km20%205%20Centavos%20(1896" rel="nofollow"><font size="5">20km20%205%20Centavos%20(1896</font></a><font size="5">)</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue10c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km21%2010%20Centavos%20(1896" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue10c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km21%2010%20Centavos%20(1896" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue10c896&desc=Puerto Rico km21 10 Centavos (1896</a>)</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue40c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km23%2040%20Centavos%20(1896" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue40c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km23%2040%20Centavos%20(1896" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue40c896&desc=Puerto Rico km23 40 Centavos (1896</a>)</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">And the following photos courtesy of Coin Archives:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/goldberg/047/image03045.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/goldberg/047/image03045.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/goldberg/047/image03045.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Notice the 1 peso coins bear the denomination as "1 PESO = 5 Spanish Pesetas." </font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">And here's an 1895 1 Peso:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5"><a href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ponterio/146/image02303.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ponterio/146/image02303.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ponterio/146/image02303.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="5">The peso was replaced by the U. S. Dollar at par, following Puerto Rico's transfer to the United States </font><font size="5">in 1898.</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Hope you enjoyed this trivia on "numismatic" history...</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="5">Clinker</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 413370, member: 6229"][SIZE=5]Puerto Rico, as a colony of Spain, received its circulating coinage from shipments directly from Madrid, Spain and various Spanish-Colonial Mints in the Americas prior to 1881.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]One such coin is this 1880 gold 25 Pesetas:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ubs/070/00932q00.jpg[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Another is this 1878 Gold 10 Pesetas:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ubs/070/00947q00.jpg[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]And here's (I hope you enjoy) a collection of silver coins:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=489926&AucID=359&Lot=14129[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]1880 was the last year Puerto Rico received Spanish Colonial Coins. What to do?[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]In 1884, a number of foreign coins were countermarked with a [B][I]fleur-de-lis[/I][/B] by the Customs House of Puerto Rico as an athentication mark for circulation on the Islands. Readily available Spanish 5 and 10 Centimos coins and Pesos, as well as, 2, 4, and 8 Reales coins, found themselves with awell-struck [B][I]fleur-de-lis [/I][/B]incused on one of its surfaces.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Here's a photo (courtesy Coin Archives amd Heritage coins) of a holed Mexico Mint 1873 Go S Balance Scale Peso with an incused [B][I]fleur-de-lis [/I][/B]countermark on it:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/heritage/378/image14339.jpg[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]During 1884 United States coins, including 20 Cent pieces, Quarters, Halves, and Dollars also went through the "counterstamp" machinations of the Puerto Rico Customs House.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Here's a photo of a countermarked U.S. 1832 Half Dollar:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=70766&AucID=56&Lot=1247[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]All countermarked coins remained in circulation until 1894 when most were redeemed by the Puerto Rican banks. In 1895, silver 20 centavos and 1 peso coins were introduced by Puerto Rico itself, followed in 1896 by silver 5, 10 and 40 centavos. [/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Here's some photos courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery (dated 1896):[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue-5c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km20%205%20Centavos%20(1896"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue-5c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%[/URL][/SIZE][URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue-5c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km20%205%20Centavos%20(1896"][SIZE=5]20km20%205%20Centavos%20(1896[/SIZE][/URL][SIZE=5])[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue10c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km21%2010%20Centavos%20(1896[/URL])[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/pue40c896&desc=Puerto%20Rico%20km23%2040%20Centavos%20(1896[/URL])[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]And the following photos courtesy of Coin Archives:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/goldberg/047/image03045.jpg[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Notice the 1 peso coins bear the denomination as "1 PESO = 5 Spanish Pesetas." [/SIZE] [SIZE=5]And here's an 1895 1 Peso:[/SIZE] [SIZE=5][URL]http://imagedb.coinarchives.com/img/ponterio/146/image02303.jpg[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=5]The peso was replaced by the U. S. Dollar at par, following Puerto Rico's transfer to the United States [/SIZE][SIZE=5]in 1898.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Hope you enjoyed this trivia on "numismatic" history...[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]Clinker[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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