{"product_id":"q462-spanish-countermarked-4-maravedis-coin-of-philip-iv-1654-ad","title":"#q462# Spanish Countermarked 4 maravedis coin of Philip IV, 1654 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 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=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan 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 style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSpanish Countermarked 4 maravedis coin of Philip IV, 1654 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 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\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan 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 style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eacute\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan 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=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan 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=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn 1636 a XII (12) stamp was added to this coin to revalue a previous 6 or 8 maravedis coin of Philip II\/III 12\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003e maravedis, this was again revalued back to 4 maravedis in 1654 with IIII stamp.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan 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 style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eID#462q\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan 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\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDiameter: 29mm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan 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\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMINT: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCoruna\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan 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 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 style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e1654 + XII\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan 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 style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eValue\/Mint (XII \/.) \u0026amp; date stamps atop castle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan 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 style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #333333;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eREVERSE; IIII + 1636\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan 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 style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eValue\/Mint (IIII \/ .I) \u0026amp; date stamps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e atop lion.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan 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 style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eREFERENCE: NONE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ccenter style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CCcoins and Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46088079835219,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0038\/9201\/9249\/files\/20260830_170814.jpg?v=1788171418","url":"https:\/\/cccoins.co.nz\/products\/q462-spanish-countermarked-4-maravedis-coin-of-philip-iv-1654-ad","provider":"CCcoins and Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}