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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 4 maravedis, Philip II, assayer X, extremely rare.

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 4 maravedis, Philip II, assayer X, extremely rare.
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, copper 4 maravedis, Philip II, assayer X, extremely rare. 7.4 grams. From a very small, recently found Caribbean cache of these coins (dispelling the theory that they were struck in Spain), finally allowing us to study the different die-varieties, of which we can identify at least five so far (all of which show a castle above small pomegranate between oSD-monogram mintmark to left and assayer X to right inside a double-line tressure on the obverse and crowned lion on reverse). This specimen shows a castle with even-height turrets, rectangular windows, tressure dimples at 1-3-5-7-9-10-12 o'clock, full lion and castle, much bold legend, dark AVF with minor surface corrosion.