They're supposed to be 27.070 . So a tad light especially that there's no wear , but close . Any casting bubbles or flues on the rim ?
Thanks , will do .
Could you weigh them ?
Doug , you could be right , as I like the Mexican reales , I'm far from an expert on them . Can you recommend a good reference book on the older...
If the MM for Guanajuato is Go , they were minted in those years by the Federal Gov.
What about the Federal issues . They made silver 8 reales during the 1880s . But don't have the book to look up Guanajuato .
Some beauties all right . Too bad they have such low relief for such a beautiful design .
The reason that ancient coins were made in high relief was one because the rulers could make the workers , who were almost slaves , do tedious...
Worst design is the Lincoln cents reverse , It looks like a cheap token . The Lincoln cant used to be a great design , with a great portrait of...
Randy that's from getting old , like me . But all is not lost you'll find it when you're not looking for it . ;)
She's a beauty alright . And a great strike . A MS CC , it's on my want list .
Beautiful 58 , even nicer than my 2 PCGS 58s . I bet it would reslab as at least a 62 , nice .
And the reverse , I got this one from DLRC . [IMG]
Here's the obverse of my latest . [IMG]
I've took several similar gambles , a lot of people do when we buy off of ebay with not the best pics . Plus it now has great protection .
I think every US collector should have one , after all it was legal tender here until about 1857 .
Still when I think of it $5 isn't bad at all .
It depends if it's a 65 R . ICG is not a tpg I would use but I do have some coins I bought in ICG holders . The problem is they've gotten too...
Heck I was going to change my vote to just #1 , but you gave the answer already .
Left is definitely fake and the right is probably fake with that uneven rim .
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