{"product_id":"o021-spanish-countermarked-4-maravedis-coin-of-philip-iv-1658-ad","title":"#o021# Spanish Countermarked 4 maravedis coin of Philip IV, 1658 AD","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"ds_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWelcome to cc coins \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eUp for auction is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSpanish Countermarked 4 maravedis coin of Philip IV, 1658 AD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDuring the Spanish 80 year war, the empire suffered from an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eacute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e lack of copper due to increased demand for munitions (ie cannons). This crisis was compounded by background inflation (an ongoing concern given the influx of precious metals from the Americas since the 16th century) . In an attempt to address these issues, the government attempted to change the monetary value of currency currently in circulation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn 1636 a VI stamp was added to this coin to revalue it to 4 maravedis, this coin then had its value confirmed at 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: #333333;\"\u003e maravedis following the end of the 80 year war using the monogram stamp PHILIPPVS in 1658 under the authority of the same king (Philip IV).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eID# 021o\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDiameter: 21mm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMINT: G (Granda)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOBVERSE; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eVI, REX( 1658)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eValue\/Mint (VI\/G) \u0026amp; crowned REX\/1658 stamp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eREVERSE; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePHILIPPVS, 1636\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCrowned monogram stamp \u0026amp; date stamp (1636).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#333333\" face=\"Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; 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