El Salvador 1839 c/m 8 reales
This specimen was lot 1123 in Sedwick sale 10 (Winter Park, FL, October 2011), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "El Salvador, 8 reales, zigzag test mark (1834-5) and Guatemala sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) on a Lima, Peru, 8 reales of 1839MB, plate coin in de Mey, very rare. KM-unl. 27.7 grams. Lightly toned AVF host with small edge-flaw, with bold countermarks in fields flanking Liberty, the zigzag mark particularly rare. For comparison, a similar countermark combination on a 2R sold for $2090 this year (Heritage CICF, lot 25864), but the 8R is definitely much rarer. Plate coin #1088 in J.R. de Mey's Les contremarques sur les monnaies (1982), and pedigreed to UBS sale #45 (1998), lot #3167." Salvadorean provisional two reales are well documented with this zigzag test mark, which was supposed to have been applied in 1834-35, yet this coin is clearly dated 1839. A puzzle.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: host coin: 27.07 g, 0.903 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel F., Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction #10, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC, 2011.
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