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Caracas, Venezuela, 1/4 real (cntmp ctft), 1830, variety with cornucopia pointing to top of round 3.

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Caracas, Venezuela, 1/4 real (cntmp ctft), 1830, variety with cornucopia pointing to top of round 3.
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Caracas, Venezuela, 1/4 real (contemporary counterfeit), 1830, variety with cornucopia pointing to top of rounded 3. KM-C34; Stohr-14. 0.40 gram. Slightly crude AVF, deeply toned.

NOTE: At the time, these "cuartillos" were massively forged mainly in Curacao and the brittish colonies mainly by reducing the weight rather than reducing the title on the silver, but also doing the latter.

The false coins were easily recognizable soon because they tend to have a distinctive discoloring (yellowish) from what you may deem good silver.An article on this issues wrote by Ing. Enrique Bernal Secretary of the Numismatic Venezuelan Society study these forged issues in detail.