Emergency issue dollar, portrait type struck on a 1784 Mexic...

by The Coinery
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£520

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Emergency issue dollar, portrait type struck on a 1784 Mexico City 8 reales and countermarked with the bust of King George III. Type A/2, the reverse of pillar type. These coins circulated at a value of 4s 9d and gave rise to the phrase "two king's heads not worth a crown". Attractively rainbow toned with the host coin aVF or better, the countermark VF. [ESC 129, Bull 1852, S.3765A]

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Auction Date:
25th Sep 22 at 11am BST

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