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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 1529178, member: 40017&quot;]<b>A few more nice Crowns - George III Countermarked 8 Reales</b></p><p><br /></p><p>These are fascinating coins - Spanish 8 Reales coins from the New World, captured by the British and Countermarked with the bust of George III so they could be used as currency in Britain. This is the slightly more common oval mark - the octagonal mark is the rarer one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scarcity of these is a combination of the countermark and the host coin. The Mexico mint 8 Reales is the commonest host, other New World mint cities are scarcer. There are even some countermarked French and American coins, which are probably the scarcest.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201154.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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