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8 Reales Villa Gran - Insurgent Countermarked coinage
| Issuer | Mexican Insurgents (Villa Gran) |
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| Year | 1809-1822 |
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| Weight | 27.07 g |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROLUS IIII DEI GRATIA / VILLA GRAN |
| Reverse description | The crowned Royal Arms of Spain occupying the central field, displaying the quartered escutcheon with castles and lions, flanked on either side by the Pillars of Hercules with scrolling banners. The Latin legend HISPAN ET IND R surrounds the shield along the upper and right periphery, while the denomination 8R and mint assayer initials appear to the left. A small countermark or control mark is visible in the lower left field of the reverse. The overall design is characteristic of the Spanish colonial milled coinage produced at New World mints during the reign of Charles IV. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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