1762 One Real with F70 counterstamp: A Unique Specimen Of Counterstamped Minor Coins

Counterstamped minor coin is one of the hardest to acquire in the hobby of collecting counterstamp coins.  Dr. Pablo De Jesus and Dr. Fortirch have listed counterstamped minor coins among the top variety of counterstamp coins that are hard to come by in the market.  Among the four (4) denominations other than 8 reales, only three (3) namely: four (4) reales, two (2) reales, and one (1) real counterstamped coins have appeared in the market since the collecting began in the early days of the 20th century in the Philippines.  Among them, only the four (4) and two (2) reales have been documented to bear both King Ferdinand VII and...

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Revalidados: The Rare Holed Coins of the Philippines

Counterstamped coinage of the Philippines during the Spanish rule is in fact the hardest to collect of all numismatic rarities of the Philippines. Due to few available references for collectors like that of the books of Dr. Orphilla-Fortich and Pablo De Jesus, no other local numismatists have continued the study of Philippine Counterstamped coinage since. Several individuals attempted to make further research on countermark coinage such as the prominent Barilla co-founder Dr. Benita Legarda, and other known officers from the organization Philippine Numismatic And Antiquarian Society (PNAS) but the short lived effort that managed to acquire...

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POWERHOUSE COUNTERSTAMPS Part II: The 1906-S Counterstamp

1906-S with several chopmarks, with an unknown and koban counterstampThe 1906-S 1 peso has been the most prominent status symbol of Philippine numismatics. Though the actual mintage of this coin is just slightly lower to the dated 1912 San Francisco Mint 1 peso. Still, the desire of owning a 1906-S 1 peso is a must for every Philippine coin collector.During the 2nd World War, when the outnumbered United States & Philippine forces were retreating to the mountains of Bataan. Several boats carrying sacks of silver coins left the port of Manila and headed to the coast of Bataan to dump their cargoes on the waters of Manila Bay.The Rape of...

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