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8 Reales - Isabela II Countermark on Peru 8 Reales
| Issuer | Philippines |
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| Year | 1834-1837 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the coat of arms of the Peruvian Republic, comprising a quartered shield with a vicuña in the upper left canton, a cinchona tree in the upper right canton, and a cornucopia in the lower section, all encircled by a wreath of laurel and palm branches tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The circular legend REPUB • PERUANA surrounds the upper field, flanked by the mint mark, assayer initials, and denomination, with the date 1827 appearing in the exergue. |
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The Philippines under Spanish colonial administration had no mint of its own capable of striking full-sized silver coinage in sufficient quantity, so Madrid authorized the countermarking of circulating South American pillar and bust dollars already in local use. The crowned "F 7" and later "Y II" punches applied in Manila certified these foreign coins as legal tender for the islands. The transition from Ferdinand VII marks to Isabel II marks — reflected in this type — tracks exactly to Ferdinand's death in September 1833 and the beginning of Isabel's regency period.
Peru was a favored source host coin, its Lima mint having produced enormous quantities of 8 reales through the early republican decades following independence.