Catalog
1 Bit Countermark
| Issuer | Grenada |
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| Year | 1787 |
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| Currency | Necessity coinage (1789-1798) |
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| Obverse description | Triangular silver cut piece, being one-eleventh of a Spanish colonial 8 Reales coin. The obverse bears a deeply struck incuse rectangular countermark enclosing the letter 'G', applied by colonial authorities to validate the piece for circulation in Grenada. Residual devices and legends from the original host coin are visible in the field surrounding the countermark. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Cut/Irregular |
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