1/5 Dollar Counterstamped

Issuer Puerto Rico
Year 1884
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1/5 Dollar
Currency Countermarked coinage (fleur-de-lys, 1884-1894)
Composition Silver (.903)
Weight 5.60 g
Diameter 26 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to 25 March 1894
Reference(s)
Obverse description Fleur-de-lis countermark on a Spanish 4 Reales de vellon piece which displays a beust facing left and surrounded by legend.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IOSEPH · NAP · DEI · GRATIA · 1811
(Translation: Ioseph Napoleon Dei Gratia Joseph-Napoléon, with God`s grace)
Reverse description A Spanish 4 Reales de vellon piece, which displays a crowned shield surrounded by legend.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering HISPANIARUM ET IND · REX . M · A · I · 4 - R
(Translation: King of Spain and the Indies 4 Reals)
Edge
Mint (M)
Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de
la Moneda), Madrid, Spain (1591-date)
Mintage ND (1884) M - Host coin dates 1808 to 1813 -
Numisquare ID 3166506310
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