Summary

10 Pence, Issued by, Jamaica, 1758
Countermarked Coinage

Host coin: 1 Real, 1757, Lima mint, JM

Obverse Description

A Lima mint 1 Real coin counterstamped GR over the Royal shield.

Reverse Description

The globes on the reverse of the original coin damaged by the obverse counterstamp; below the date and mint mark of the host coin, 1757 and the Lima mint monogram.

Edge Description

Plain.

Significance

Countermarking of gold and silver coins was authorised by a local Act dated 18 November 1758. Under that Act 320,000 1 real coins were to be stamped with the letters GR and to pass as 10 pence in Jamaica. The host coin was produced at the Lima mint in 1757.

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