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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV, 1806TH.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Haiti-West Indies Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:25.00 - 40.00 USD
Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV, 1806TH.
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Mexico City, Mexico, bust 1/2 real, Charles IV, 1806TH. CT-1301; KM-72. 1.6 grams. Lightly corroded Fine, silvery from cleaning, interesting but unexplained provenance. Note the date looks like 1805 at first, but magnification shows it is 1806 with small pieces of the final digit corroded away. Reportedly from the "Katrina hoard" of coins found in the area of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, with certificate.