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8 Reales - Ferdinand VII Countermark on Peru 8 Reales
| Issuer | Philippines |
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| Year | 1828 |
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| Weight | 27.0674 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | MANILA 1828 |
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The Philippines lacked its own mint until 1857, forcing colonial authorities to rely on imported Spanish American coinage for everyday commerce. To authenticate and authorize these foreign pieces for local circulation, coins arriving from mints in Lima, Mexico City, and elsewhere were countermarked at Manila. The Ferdinand VII bust punch used here was applied years after his death — Ferdinand died in 1833, but countermarking operations continued under his name well into the late 1820s and beyond, the bureaucratic machinery indifferent to the irony.
The host coin, a Lima 8 Reales, would have been struck under the assayer system with its own distinct provenance before receiving the Philippine overstamp.