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2 Reales - Isabella II Countermark on Peru 2 Reales
| Issuer | Philippines |
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| Year | 1834-1837 |
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| Currency | Real (1700-1857) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | LIMAE Lima, Peru (1565-date) |
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The Philippines lacked a functioning mint capable of producing sufficient coinage through much of the nineteenth century, so Madrid authorized the countermarking of foreign and colonial silver as a stopgap. Peruvian 2 Reales of the appropriate fineness were among the host coins deemed acceptable, receiving a crowned "Y-II" punch to validate them for local circulation under Isabella II.
The host coins themselves date from the Lima mint's output under Ferdinand VII and the transitional republican issues — the countermark window of 1834–1837 means some hosts predate Isabella's reign entirely.