Hey everyone! This was passed down to me from my grandfather, isn't it beautiful? The color you see on the coin is toning, not crud, corrosion, etc Let me hear your grades and opinions!
Grade I can't help ya! Opinion..I got one of those THIS IS AN AWESOME COIN! I think it is very cool, how you got it as well Very nice, and share some more, I bet you have some real beauties
I know M is MADRID... I don't know about the others for certain... I used to have one.. 1883 M, I sold it for $40 about 2 months ago
Hmmm.. I thought the M, standed for Madrid Spain, in the earlier issues of the coin... I might be wrong..
Mo (o over M) is for Mexico City. There is a mint-mark for Madrid(M) on homeland coins. I don't know anything other than that, but hopefully that helps a little.
Thanks to Clinker I remembered what the mint-mark is, Potosi. It looks like a T, P and S crammed together.
Your coin is beautiful. Your Grandpa did you good. :thumb: This coin would have been legal tender in the U.S. until about 1857, but continued in use for a number of years afterwards -- into the 1870's in rural areas and the Western U.S. The o-over-M mintmark is Mexico City mint and the F-M are the joint assayers. The F is Antonio Forcada but don't know who the M is. Look on the edges and you should see O's and boxes alternating around the rim, unless they've been worn off. The coin appears to have been in circulation for a while because much of the finer details are worn down or missing. The inscription on the ribbons around the pillars should say "PLVS" and "ULTRA" (more beyond). EDIT: The assayer M is probably Manuel de la Pena
Thanks for the info! I had no idea that these had edge designs! It shows circle and square looking objects. Here a picture:
