Selling a few extras from the collection on eBay starting at 99 cents. Both can be seen by clicking this magical link. 1808 Mexico 8 Reales...
New addition to my Mexico Type set from NYINC: 1745 Mexico 8 Reales in an NGC MS61 holder. I had a chance to inspect the coin in-hand and I was...
Привет от одного Томича другому. Правда я из Сибири уехал совсем ребенком 30 лет назад. Awesome post. If you don't mind, I will add one....
Never knew that about overstriking at that time. I don't think I've ever seen another early portrait overstike from Mexico City.
Doug, it does look like the remains of a design, but I hesitate because I am not aware of Mexico City Mint overstriking portrait issues.
GDJMSP is absolutely right about his assessment of this coin. It's an obvious counterfeit. Too many red flags - surface, dentils, edge, legend,...
There was discussion on the recent wave of fake modern Mexican coins, 1959 Cinco Peso being one of them, over at...
I have a few favorite coins, but here's one from my collection of 8 Reales: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Hi Eduard, Not Chilean, specifically, but I do enjoy late 18th - early 19th Century Central/South American coinage, especially the 8 Reales...
As Eduard mentioned, the top one is from Santiago, Chile. I would be greatly interested in seeing better pictures of it. Cheers, ~Roman
That Lira has a lot of zeros :) I like! :thumb:
I think he said the coin is real :confused: ~Roman
Neat coin and a great story, Ian :)
Sounds more like a planchet error than a die crack. Would be interesting to see images. These are the ones' stamped over Spanish Colonial 8...
Do you have an image of your coin? Is it identical to the one in this thread? If it is, could you provide the seller's name? I am trying to track...
It's not necessary an old fake. Contemporary pieces were created to withstand the scrutiny of circulation. This piece, however, is so grossly...
That edge is known as colonial "circle-and-rectangle" design and was used on milled portrait coinage of Spanish colonies.
They have been selling on EBay for around $12, but it's often sold at melt - .8681 oz of silver. ~Roman
Nice coin. I don't know much about the series, but they have been selling pretty well recently.NG mintmark indicates Guatemala mint. ~Roman
Interesting piece of trivia. Thanks, Clinker! ~Roman
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