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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 26359576, member: 110226"]When I first started collecting world coins, I concentrated on the milled colonial and republican coinage of Mexico, but also to a lesser extent other Latin American countries including Peru, Bolivia and Guatemala. My focus centered almost entirely on 8 reales, with a smattering of 4 and 2 reales. This interest was stimulated by the history of these countries, and my sources back then included Freeman Craig, Ponterio and Associates, Richard Long as well as dealers including Hal Blackburn and Pat Johnson. This is still the foundation of my world collection, though over the past ten years or so I've been working on ancient coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Choice colonial and republican coinage of all denominations have always been a challenge to collect. True, cap and rays 8 reales in average circulated condition were in coffee cans, sold at melt, but it was fun to go through the grimy coins to look for scarcer dates and mints. I no longer have any of those coins, sold or traded in years past, so what I have now are coins that are higher grade or rare as types.</p><p><br /></p><p>That OP coin is a very choice minor and difficult to locate that nice. I used to have a colonial 1/2 real of Mexico, but that was sold in the distant foggy (for me) past.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an 8 reales of Ferdinand VI, 1756, a relatively common date, but in nice condition:</p><p><br /></p><p>New Spain, Mexico, 8 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1756 MM.</p><p>KM 401.2 </p><p>26.80 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1682350[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Early on I became very interested in the coinage of Mexico's War of Independence. Copper "SUDS" were readily available back in the 1980s. This abundant token coinage was supposed to be redeemable for silver at a later date - never happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one that I've owned since around 1981, purchased from a coin shop in Milpitas, California during a lunch break.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mexico, War of Independence, Morelos, SUD AE 8 reales, 1813.</p><p>KM 234</p><p>19 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1682351[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I was lucky to win a very rare hammer-struck silver Morelos 8 reales from Richard Long many years later, and it wasn't cheap!</p><p><br /></p><p>Mexico, War of Independence, Morelos AR 8 reales SUD, 1812. </p><p>KM 234.a </p><p>27.7 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1682353[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My republican Mexico 8 reales collection is a type set. I never tried to collect all of the mint/date/assayer combinations. That in itself is a lifetime pursuit. Here's one from Chihuahua, minted during the French occupation of Mexico in the early 1860s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mexico, Republic, Chihuahua, 8 reales, 1864 JC.</p><p>KM 377.2 </p><p>27.45 grams </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1682354[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 26359576, member: 110226"]When I first started collecting world coins, I concentrated on the milled colonial and republican coinage of Mexico, but also to a lesser extent other Latin American countries including Peru, Bolivia and Guatemala. My focus centered almost entirely on 8 reales, with a smattering of 4 and 2 reales. This interest was stimulated by the history of these countries, and my sources back then included Freeman Craig, Ponterio and Associates, Richard Long as well as dealers including Hal Blackburn and Pat Johnson. This is still the foundation of my world collection, though over the past ten years or so I've been working on ancient coinage. Choice colonial and republican coinage of all denominations have always been a challenge to collect. True, cap and rays 8 reales in average circulated condition were in coffee cans, sold at melt, but it was fun to go through the grimy coins to look for scarcer dates and mints. I no longer have any of those coins, sold or traded in years past, so what I have now are coins that are higher grade or rare as types. That OP coin is a very choice minor and difficult to locate that nice. I used to have a colonial 1/2 real of Mexico, but that was sold in the distant foggy (for me) past. Here's an 8 reales of Ferdinand VI, 1756, a relatively common date, but in nice condition: New Spain, Mexico, 8 reales, Ferdinand VI, 1756 MM. KM 401.2 26.80 grams [ATTACH=full]1682350[/ATTACH] Early on I became very interested in the coinage of Mexico's War of Independence. Copper "SUDS" were readily available back in the 1980s. This abundant token coinage was supposed to be redeemable for silver at a later date - never happened. Here's one that I've owned since around 1981, purchased from a coin shop in Milpitas, California during a lunch break. Mexico, War of Independence, Morelos, SUD AE 8 reales, 1813. KM 234 19 grams [ATTACH=full]1682351[/ATTACH] I was lucky to win a very rare hammer-struck silver Morelos 8 reales from Richard Long many years later, and it wasn't cheap! Mexico, War of Independence, Morelos AR 8 reales SUD, 1812. KM 234.a 27.7 grams [ATTACH=full]1682353[/ATTACH] My republican Mexico 8 reales collection is a type set. I never tried to collect all of the mint/date/assayer combinations. That in itself is a lifetime pursuit. Here's one from Chihuahua, minted during the French occupation of Mexico in the early 1860s. Mexico, Republic, Chihuahua, 8 reales, 1864 JC. KM 377.2 27.45 grams [ATTACH=full]1682354[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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