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Caracas, Venezuela, royalist 2 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1819BS, lions at upper left and lower right.

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Caracas, Venezuela, royalist 2 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1819BS, lions at upper left and lower right.
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Caracas, Venezuela, royalist 2 reales, Ferdinand VII, 1819BS, lions at upper left and lower right. KM-C6.1. 4.75 grams. VF with slightly off-center and uneven strike, toned around details, the surfaces a bit grainy.

NOTE:A Venezuelan numismatist has pointed out that this is most likely an "emergency imitation issue in low fineness (0.100) silver" as described on the Royal Decree of April 16, 1818, noted in Monedas Venezolanas, Vol. 1 de Mercedes Carlota de Pardo, page 40.