CT Todd
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I’m just back from my spring UK 
trip. I hit a very large not that old but cool coin. I hit this in pasture at 10-11” inches. No problem hearing this as you might guess. I picked up this coin and 4 KG III copper’s in one 5’ X 5’ spot. The debate is ongoing as to whether it is a contemporary counterfeit or not But it doesn’t really matter. It’s way cool and it’s my 31st Reale.
Get out there.
George III oval countermark Dollar 1792 - looks like a Santiago mint from Chile (oS), 27.6g, 39.8mm
CARLOS IV. 8 reales. 1792. Santiago. DA. C sobre R en CAROLUS. AR 26,6 g. 40 mm. VI-834 var.; AC-1021. Golpes en anv. y hoja en rev. MBC-/MBC. Muy rara.
George III (1760-1820), oval countermark upon Spanish Eight Reales of King Charles IIII (1788-180
, 1792 FM, , small oval hallmark of George III right at centre of obverse, bust of Spanish King laureate and draped right, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS.IIII. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, pillar with ribbon motto either side PLUS ULTRA, legend surrounding, .HISPAN. ET IND. REX. S. 8R.DA. weight 26.92g (ESC 129; Bull 1852; S.3765A).
These emergency countermarked coins were struck in relation to a crisis with the silver coinage at the end of the 18th Century where the supply of silver in commerce and for the Mint had dwindled due to the Wars in France after the Revolution in 1797. From March 1797 the Bank of England therefore released stocks of its Spanish dollars each with an oval countermark valued at 4s and 9d for currency. They did not really alleviate the problem of smaller change and were issued on an off with the oval countermark until a more complex larger octagonal mark replaced them from January to May 1804, as the oval pieces were being counterfeited. Eventually the octagonal replacements were also copied widely and the ultimate solution was to have the Soho Mint totally overstrike the Spanish Dollars with the Bank of England design.
trip. I hit a very large not that old but cool coin. I hit this in pasture at 10-11” inches. No problem hearing this as you might guess. I picked up this coin and 4 KG III copper’s in one 5’ X 5’ spot. The debate is ongoing as to whether it is a contemporary counterfeit or not But it doesn’t really matter. It’s way cool and it’s my 31st Reale. Get out there.
George III oval countermark Dollar 1792 - looks like a Santiago mint from Chile (oS), 27.6g, 39.8mm
CARLOS IV. 8 reales. 1792. Santiago. DA. C sobre R en CAROLUS. AR 26,6 g. 40 mm. VI-834 var.; AC-1021. Golpes en anv. y hoja en rev. MBC-/MBC. Muy rara.
George III (1760-1820), oval countermark upon Spanish Eight Reales of King Charles IIII (1788-180
, 1792 FM, , small oval hallmark of George III right at centre of obverse, bust of Spanish King laureate and draped right, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS.IIII. DEI. GRATIA, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms, pillar with ribbon motto either side PLUS ULTRA, legend surrounding, .HISPAN. ET IND. REX. S. 8R.DA. weight 26.92g (ESC 129; Bull 1852; S.3765A).These emergency countermarked coins were struck in relation to a crisis with the silver coinage at the end of the 18th Century where the supply of silver in commerce and for the Mint had dwindled due to the Wars in France after the Revolution in 1797. From March 1797 the Bank of England therefore released stocks of its Spanish dollars each with an oval countermark valued at 4s and 9d for currency. They did not really alleviate the problem of smaller change and were issued on an off with the oval countermark until a more complex larger octagonal mark replaced them from January to May 1804, as the oval pieces were being counterfeited. Eventually the octagonal replacements were also copied widely and the ultimate solution was to have the Soho Mint totally overstrike the Spanish Dollars with the Bank of England design.
