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2 Reales Countermarked - Key
| Issuer | Cuba |
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| Year | 1872-1877 |
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| Value | 2 Reales |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MEXICANA |
| Reverse description | Host Mexican coin depicting a Phrygian liberty cap radiating divergent rays, with the word LIBERTAD incused or in relief across the cap. Along the lower arc of the field, the denomination, mint mark, date, assayer initials, and silver fineness are inscribed (e.g. 2R.G.1832.M.J.10 D.20G.), indicating 2 Reales, assayers, and a fineness of 10 Dineros 20 Granos (approximately 90.28% fine silver). Applied to the right of center is the Cuban countermark depicting a key, punched by Spanish colonial authorities in Cuba during 1872–1877 to validate the host coin for local circulation. |
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| Edge | Oblique reeding. |
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