Well I think I've somewhat answered my question. I usually collect foreign so I'm not too familiar with US coins. Even in US, I've always...
The thing that triggered this inquiry was looking at some pix of 1942 PF halves on Heritage. I'll try to post the pix in question. The context...
hate to break the run of medals with an actual circulating coin but... This is one of the common Egyptian bronzes, however this one is double...
Occasionally I've thought about buying an old proof set. A friend of mine years ago got a run of these from his dad (1936-1942) who bought from...
Actually it seems there were several series of countermarks. Some increased the value and some decreased it. I think this is what you mean and...
About 8 months ago I tried to buy one of these at auction but this one guy just wouldn't let it go. I dropped out at this ridiculous price: about...
Hi Eduard, Well it's variable. I understand that high quality overstrikes, such as the British 1804 5 shilling Bank Tokens were all overstruck....
Actually my 1st Latin American coin was also a 1836 Peruvian Athena Standing, but an 8 Reales in VF bought at a coin shop. I was intrigued by the...
Good writeup. I'd like to see if you have any close ups of any of the coins. Some of the Colonial 8 reales you've posted appear to be Royals...
I'll try to post some types. These include the Argentine "Sunfaces" which I'm very found of. When I went to Argentina 10+ years ago I stopped...
Also 2 weeks before this posting I was in Sao Paulo, Brazil and attended the coin show, auction and dinner. I got a 960 reis of the "special...
I like this period as it was the beginning of the end of the reis after 350 of circulation. These coins are still good silver but they've dropped...
I was thinking the 6 look pretty good to me. They don't appear polished at all but instead have the apparently original type frosting? I didn't...
Unfortunately it's not my coin. It's available for sale but since the dealer let me photo 2 other coins of his I decided not to push it w/ a 3rd.
I've run across an interesting 18th century Brazilian copper at a local coin show. It has a 6 countermark punched on one side and a 6 & a 9...
Highly variable depending on type, denomination & date. I think it's really hard to find any of the big 40 reis in the 1750's without...
I wasn't able to watch the video with sound but don't plan to. Many coins have been cleaned and if it's done properly it can benefit the coin....
Well I'm leaving for the annual Brazilian coin society meeting & auction in a few weeks. If you email me I can pick up some bronze. Now I'm...
Note that your previous articles on this mention the La Luz as having sunk in 1752. Until reading your article I wasn't familiar with any Colonial...
I'll work on getting the numbers or an estimate. While unlisted in my ancient Krause, it's not possible that any government during this time...
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