Hello everyone... I have this Dansco Mexico Coin book... Consisting of some great late 1700 and 1800 reales. A few are counter marked. They're all in really great condition. I suppose my question is.... Would this be better to sell complete or should I take the coins out and have them graded to sell individually? Something tells me individual grading makes more sense. Is it accurate to assume a high grade of these reales would be valued around the 250 to 300 mark? Also I'm not positive about counter stamps. Does that decrease the value or are they more valuable? Thanks a lot for any information you can provide. I know the photos aren't the best.
I don't know much about Mexican Reales at all, but I collected them for a short time. Here's one of mine, may be best to post larger pics! I see a couple that look good in your book but they're really hard to assess because of the small pics. May be better to pull out your best few and post more pics, idk. Some collectors really like counterstamps but, most don't at least that's been my experience. Hopefully someone chimes in who knows about them!
Most of those don't look like they would be worthwhile to have graded, but they would do better if sold individually. I collect some Mexican coinage and I see pieces in there I would buy.
Depends how quick you need the money and how much hassle you want to go through. Throw a silly figure on ebay and see what you get. You never know
Nice set. I love a counter marked coin myself. I don't really collect much from Mexico, I focus more on South American coinage, but I do know a person that would potentially buy the whole set as she's a dealer in Latin American coins. I don't think she's on CT. Judging by her selling posts though, she'd probably sell them individually, or in small groups of 2-3.
I am on the phone but some counterstamps looks not so common. Tomorrow I will take a better view in computer and say
T Trinidad and others St. Bartholomew / Dominica (no cuts/holes) From "Los Resellos" book by Juan Montaner Amorós
The top three coins on the first page are from the Mexican War for Independence, 1810 - 1821, by the royalists. If I'm not mistaken, the left and right coins are cast, and genuine, patterned on struck coins from the Mexico City Mint. The middle coin looks as if it was struck over another coin, possibly cast. The coins were countermarked by the issuing authorities, but I can't really make out the ones on your coins. The coin on the left and the one on the right were minted in Chihuahua, and the middle coin is from Durango.
