2 Reales - Ferdinand VII Siege of Cartagena
Features
| Issuer |
City of Cartagena
(Colombian states)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Emergency coinage › Siege coins |
| Year | 1815 |
| Value | 2 Reales |
| Currency | Real (1616-1820) |
| Composition | Miedź |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Counterstamped, Młotkowana (Struck over Cartagena provisional 2 Reales of 1813 and 1814) |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Issued | 1815 |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 553953 |
| References | Restrepo# 118.1 Jorge Emilio Restrepo; 2012. Coins of Colombia: Spanish colonial and republican 1619 to 2012 (4th Edition). Self-published, Medellín, Colombia.PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts) |
Obverse
(en) Jerusalem Cross with Lions and Castles. Value atop.
Script: łaciński
Reverse
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
L 2 M
PLVS VLTRA
M 800 L
Mint
Casa de Moneda de Colombia, Cartagena, ColombiaComments
(en)
Emergency Royalist issue struck over local Republican Cartagena provisional 2 Reales after the capture of the city in 1815. The fictitious date of “800” is the most common although other dates, such as “100”, “88o”, “8oo”, “777”, “111”, “ooo”, “444” or “8o8”, might appear as well.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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