188? cap and ray 8 real

Heres the story. Last week at coin club i had a small wad of money the member next to me showed me a box of coins that he had that he was selling because he didnt know much aboutthem and they didnt fit in his collection. Ithink they were passed down to him along time ago.

I liked the date on the 8 real. Amd i was kinda aware of the 1780. He said he thaught they were about half a oz of silver. So he said hed take $10 a piece. I also baught a token from my town for $1. And a tresuery bond finasse medel 1941-1945 for $1. he didnt. Know what it was made out of. I grabed it because i liked the design. After reserch i found out this is silver as well

 

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No one has answered my questions yet

 

Well, I did answer the question about the 1880 -- it is worth the same as most of the others, Fine is $15, Very Fine is $18, Extremely Fine is $22. This series was 0.7859 Troy ounce of silver. Bullion price changes since this 6th Edition may have influenced the price up or down 10% or so.

There are 6 varieties of 1886, all cataloging $15 to $18 in very fine, $22 to $25 in extremely fine. An 1888 is about the same as the 1880 in value.

 

so $10 wasent bad ideal on grade? also is there a web site i can learn more about these like mintages mints and varietys

 

Buy the huge Krause catalog for the 19th Century, that's a good general guide for all the foreign coins of the 1800s, 1300 pages. It does not, however, take the place of specialized catalogs for individual countries. Krause tells me enough to pounce or pass.

 

i have krause on my pc i dislike it thanks for the info tho

 

Out of curiosity, why don't you like it?

 

to much info on stuff i dont collect its black and whitei like seeing what a coin realy looks like