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Cartagena, Colombia, copper 2 reales, fantasy date "800" (ca. 1815), with 4R cross side, extremely r

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Cartagena, Colombia, copper 2 reales, fantasy date  800  (ca. 1815), with 4R cross side, extremely r
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Cartagena, Colombia, copper 2 reales, fantasy date "800" (ca. 1815), with 4R cross side, extremely rare, Restrepo Plate Coin. Restrepo-118.1a. 3.25 grams. Typically very crudely struck (and the pillars side off-center) over a Cartagena Republican issue of 1813-14, Fine with surface corrosion, but with clear pillars and cross, the former with clear "800" fantasy date and the latter with clear denomination 4 at top, singled out by Restrepo as "two known." Plate Coin in Restrepo's Coins of Colombia (2012).