Mexico, Veracruz, Ferdinand VII, 8 Réales, 1812hj, Mexico City, obv. countermarked j.m.l/v., olive wreath below, banner above, 26.67g/12h (KM. 111, cf. KM. 262.10 for counterstamp). Host coin good fine, counterstamp very fine or better, very rare £500-£700

Provenance: DNW Auction 94, 28 September 2011, lot 3364.

During the War of Independence against Spain, waged between 9 September and 31 October 1812, General Jose Maria Liceaga fortified and defended the island of Yuriria against repeated attacks by Royalist forces. In his memory, the island is now known as Isla Liceaga