Generally speaking, the place doing the countermarking is considered the issuer, so I don't think this should be a problem. Probably somewhere else in the catalog we could find an issuer which only had a few countermarked coins.
Charles III prohibited countermarking coins in the Canary Islands at the end of the 18th century, so I assume that it was done on several occasions between the 16th and 18th centuries. I don't know any catalogue and they are not in the general Spanish catalogues.
SherlockCoins, do you know the rulers? Have you the book “Canarias. Monedas y resellos. Siglos XIV-XVIII” by S. Medina.
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Charles III prohibited countermarking coins in the Canary Islands at the end of the 18th century, so I assume that it was done on several occasions between the 16th and 18th centuries. I don't know any catalogue and they are not in the general Spanish catalogues.
SherlockCoins, do you know the rulers? Have you the book “Canarias. Monedas y resellos. Siglos XIV-XVIII” by S. Medina.
Actually this coins have their own catalogue by S. Medina . They were discovered a couple of years. It is the forgotten or little-known part of Spanish numismatic, for this reason they do not yet appears in general Spanish catalogues.
I don't have the book right now but I could provide information with the help of the author.
Any idea on the Ruling Authorities that are appropriate? It seems host coins are from about 1497 to late 1500s?
Hi tdziemia , I don't know the authorities of the main islands, but on the island of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and El Hierro coins have been found with countermarks made by local lords.
Hi tdziemia , I don't know the authorities of the main islands, but on the island of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and El Hierro coins have been found with countermarks made by local lords.
No, the rulers Juana, Fernando, Carlos I, Felipe II, … until Carlos III. Which ones were the kings when the marks done?
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Hi tdziemia , I don't know the authorities of the main islands, but on the island of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and El Hierro coins have been found with countermarks made by local lords.
No, the rulers Juana, Fernando, Carlos I, Felipe II, … until Carlos III. Which ones were the kings when the marks done?
Depends of the countermark:
for example the “bamba” was minted in 1734 (Felipe IV)
Photo source, “Monedas Historicas de Canarias” La Provincia
Countermark “Palma” was minted in 1559 , during Felipe II reign. Ordered by Cabildo de La Palma. Here there is a document (Spanish), from “Revista de Estudios Generales de la Isla de la Palma (2024)”, speaking about this countermark:
Good morning from the Canaries I found this article (from the “Monedas y resellos. Siglos XIV-XVIII, 2022” author), about a special coin minted in Seville for this territory , the “Maravedí de Canarias” :
Remember all coins are coming from out of Canaries, due to not existence of mines/materials, necessary for minting coins. Countermarks where made by locals issuers.
Countermark “B”, for Lanzarote
(The king Enrique III granted monetary power to Jean de Béthencourt )
