New York--New York. FINE PICTURES / CHEAPEST IN THE CITY / JAS. S. BRADLEY / GILDER & FRAME / MAKER / 154 WM ST N.Y. / & MIRRORS on a 1780 Mexico City 2 reales. Brunk B-1021, Rulau NY-79T. VG-10 (NGC).，An excellent example of this counterstamp after the addition of two additional semi-circular stamps above and below the 5 straight lines. This piece has almost entirely bold lettering with only a couple letters showing minor weakness. This is the most extensive of the Jas. Bradley countermarks, only known to Brunk on this and one other piece, a 1781 two reales.，From our (Bowers and Merenas) sale of the Roy H. Van Ormer Collection of Countermarked Coins, September 1985, lot 2552; our sale of the John J,. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XXIII, August 2013, lot 21677. Lot tags and collector envelopes with attribution and provenance notes included. The pate coin in the Brunk reference on countermarked coinage.，
