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Panama (?), "C" countermark (mid-1500s?) on a Toledo, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, very rare.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Cobs - Other Silver Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Panama (?),  C  countermark (mid-1500s?) on a Toledo, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, very rare.
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Panama (?), "C" countermark (mid-1500s?) on a Toledo, Spain, 1 real, Ferdinand-Isabel, very rare. 3.1 grams. Typically broad, thin flan with nearly full Gothic legends, finely detailed full shield and yoke-and-arrows, with deeply impressed countermark on reverse, but all lightly corroded, with spots of black encrustation. The logic behind the attribution of the countermark is that the C may stand for Castilla de Oro, the original name for the Panama area, which is where all of the non-shipwreck specimens have been found so far. This is only the second specimen ever offered publicly (the first sold in our Treasure Auction #7 for $1800 + buyer's fee), a bit rarer than the similar P countermark from the same time and area.