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2 Reales
| Issuer | Nicaragua |
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| Year | 1824 |
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| Currency | El Viejo - Real (1824) |
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| Obverse description | Characteristic cob-style design featuring two crowned Pillars of Hercules flanking a central field, each pillar surmounted by a star. The abbreviated legend incorporating the mint mark, denomination, assayer initial, mint name (VIEJO), and date (24) is distributed across the field in the manner typical of Central American cob coinage. The overall strike is irregular, consistent with the crude hammered cob technique employed at the El Viejo mint. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Boldly struck cob-style quartered cross dividing the field into four quadrants, each alternately containing a castle and a lion in the Spanish colonial heraldic tradition. The cross arms extend to the coin's irregular flan edges, with castle and lion devices visible in the quadrants, though the crude hammered strike results in incomplete and off-center rendering typical of cob coinage. A partial tressure border frames the design where the flan permits. |
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