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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;01mikep, post: 1555984, member: 34999&quot;]Today my mother-in-law came to visit and brought a few small gold coins over that were her mothers.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t know she had them until she asked if the amount she was offered by her local jewelry store was fair.</p><p><br /></p><p>One is a Spanish 1/2 Escudo from 1755 minted in Madrid.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH]209871.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]209872.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another is a 400 Reis from Portugal minted in 1718 but it is set in a piece of jewelry.</p><p>[ATTACH]209873.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]209874.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The last two I know enough about that I don&#039;t have any real questions about them.&nbsp; One is a 4 Escudo coin from 1865 and is a MS coin with great cartwheel and I cannot find any issue with at all.&nbsp; Too bad there is only a tiny value added to this coin for its condition over the melt value.&nbsp; The last coin is a Mexican 5 Peso from 1920 in an average cirulated condition and just a melt value coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>None of these coins are in line with anything I have been in the market for recently.&nbsp; I do collect late 1800&#039;s Spanish silver and am interested in the two spanish escudo coins since my mother-in-law is willing to part with them.&nbsp; I know what the melt value is on these and what the Krause value is as well, but what are these selling for on the market.&nbsp; Sometimes these book values fall short by a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there any reason to save the 400 Reis or is it a good time to sell it to the jeweler along with the 5 Pesos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p><br /></p><p>MikeP[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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