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El Salvador, 8 reales, zigzag test mark (1834-5) and Guatemala sun-over-mountains countermark (Type

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Silver Coins - Costa Rica-Guatemala Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,750.00 USD
El Salvador, 8 reales, zigzag test mark (1834-5) and Guatemala sun-over-mountains countermark (Type
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El Salvador, 8 reales, zigzag test mark (1834-5) and Guatemala sun-over-mountains countermark (Type II, 1839) on a Lima, Peru, 8 reales of 1839MB, plate coin in de Mey, very rare. KM-unl. 27.7 grams. Lightly toned AVF host with small edge-flaw, with bold countermarks in fields flanking Liberty, the zigzag mark particularly rare. For comparison, a similar countermark combination on a 2R sold for $2090 this year (Heritage CICF, lot 25864), but the 8R is definitely much rarer. Plate coin #1088 in J.R. de Mey's Les contremarques sur les monnaies (1982), and pedigreed to UBS sale #45 (1998), lot #3167.