PHILIPPINES YII COUNTERMARK ON CHILE VOLCANO PESO – NGC VF DETAILS CLEANED C/M XF STANDARD EX JO VILLA EX LEGARDA COLLECTIONS – WORLD COIN (Inv. 21257)

$3,250.00

21257. PHILIPPINES COUNTERMARK ON CHILE 8 REALES.
Chile silver “Volcano” Peso, 1834 I J, 39 mm, Santiago, with Philippine Type VI countermark, crowned Y.II within circle, applied under Isabel II.
KM 108; Basso 56; host is KM 82.2.
Ex Jo Villa Collection; Ex Angelita and Benito Legarda Collection.
NGC VF DETAILS/CLEANED; C/S: XF STANDARD. Although the Volcano Peso of 1834 serves often as a host coin type, the application of the countermark on the obverse is more unusual with the majority of pieces being countermarked on the reverse.