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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 1/4 real cuarto Ferdinand VII (ca. 1810-20) over Maracaibo

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 1/4 real cuarto Ferdinand VII (ca. 1810-20) over Maracaibo
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 1/4 real (cuarto), Ferdinand VII (ca. 1810-20), struck over Maracaibo (Venezuela) copper 1 real of 1813 (war of independence, "moneda provisional"), very rare (unique combination). KM-2 over unlisted host; CT-1671 over Type 370. 2.88 grams. This emergency issue with crowned F.7 on obverse and 1 / S.D / 4 on reverse is not particularly rare, per se, except that it was struck over a very rare earlier issue from Maracaibo, Venezuela, with traces of that design visible, consisting of most of an armored bust of Ferdinand VII (rotated 180 degrees) to left of 4 on reverse and parts of a large monogram M (which most experts attribute to Maracaibo but appears in CT as Margarita), again rotated 180 degrees, incorporated into the F.7 on the obverse, all typically crude but some parts bold, medium-brown AVF with spots of dark oxidation. Only about five examples of these overstruck pieces are currently confirmed.

NOTE: Our printed catalog calls the under-coin a 1/4 real in error; it is in fact a copper one real of 1813 (war of independence "moneda provisional"), confirmed by weight and design.