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Half Real, Emergency Coin from Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
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Half Real, Emergency Coin from Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)

1811 - 1814 · striking (metalworking); copper (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Copper emergency coin. Obverse: man seated on a chair facing left with a tree before him. Reverse: at top denomination: ½ on one line. Below in four lines place designation: Estado de Carthagena. Emergency coin, struck between 1811 and 1814.

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coinhalve reaalsiege coin
Credit lineHalve reaal, noodmunt uit Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). 1811 - 1814. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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