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COIN
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Surrey County Council, Simon Maslin, 2020-06-24 17:10:17
Title
COIN
Description
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A contemporary copy of a late 18th century counterstamped silver Spanish colonial (Mexican) 8 Reales (dollar) coin of Charles / Carlos IV (1788-1808). Obverse: Charles IV bust in classic robes, CAROLUS · IIII · DEI · GRATIA · 1792. Reverse: arms of Spain, HISPAN · ET IND · REX · M · 8R · F · M ·. Minted in Mexico City.

The coin has an oval counterstamp on the obverse featuring a bust of George III.  The presence of green copper corrosion, flaking silver plating and bright copper in damaged areas suggest that this is a silver plated contemporary forgery.

As Spink 3765A.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Surrey
Date 1792
date QS:P571,+1792-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 1006167
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1108055
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1108055/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location51° 09′ 48.24″ N, 0° 33′ 15.34″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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