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Central field depicts a standing female figure of Liberty in classical robes, facing left, holding a staff or pike surmounted by a Liberty cap in her right hand and resting her left hand on a large oval shield. Prominently applied to the field to the right of the figure is the rectangular Type III El Salvador countermark, enclosing the letters 'A' over '1840', punched into the host coin. The circular legend reads 'FIRME Y FELIZ POR LA UNION' in Latin script. The rim is plain with a fine milled border. |
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The reverse displays the Peruvian national arms as the central device: a quartered shield bearing a llama, a cinchona tree, and a cornucopia, surmounted by a crested helmet and flanked by laurel and palm branches tied at the base. The date '1827' appears in the exergue. The surrounding legend reads 'REPUB. PERUANA' to the left and 'M. 2R. J.M.' to the right, indicating the Lima Mint, denomination of 2 Reales, and assayer initials. The rim features a reeded or dentilated border consistent with Peruvian milled coinage of the period. |
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El Salvador gained independence as part of the Central American Federation in 1821 but continued circulating colonial Spanish and Latin American coinage for decades — there was simply nothing else available. The Type III countermark program of 1840 was a practical assertion of monetary authority: existing foreign silver, most of it Guatemalan or Mexican in origin, was officially punched and revalidated for domestic circulation rather than melted or replaced.
The Type III designation distinguishes it from earlier countermark applications, with the punch design differing from both prior issues. Attributing the host coin correctly often matters more to value than the countermark itself.