santa Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 I have an Argentinian coin with an addition. It was probably used in another latin country. Does anyone know or recognize this coin? Thank you! argentina argentina1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Quite interesting. I've never seen one like this before. Hope someone comes along with some good info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 I think that Brazil used denominations like 80 on some of their coins of that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juantrillo Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Yes, but in Brazil the denomination of the coins was 80 Reis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santa Posted October 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy3075 Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 It is most likely not an official counterstamp but a trade token of a merchant or farm owner or similar. I doubt it was in Argentina as most countries prohibit defacing or altering their own coins by law to maintain currency control. Number 80 may be a valuation or maybe a store, farm or some other identification. There used to be a source on the Web of the merchant tokens, may be worth looking for or asking around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Apparently used for other things: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juantrillo Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 It is most likely not an official counterstamp but a trade token of a merchant or farm owner or similar. I doubt it was in Argentina as most countries prohibit defacing or altering their own coins by law to maintain currency control. Number 80 may be a valuation or maybe a store, farm or some other identification. There used to be a source on the Web of the merchant tokens, may be worth looking for or asking around. JM are common initials in spanish names (José Martinez, for example) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 JM are common initials in spanish names (José Martinez, for example) And my initials are JM... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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