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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24487373, member: 110226&quot;]That&#039;s a nice pillar 8!&nbsp; The large clear chopmark gives the coin added character.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not really sure that there&#039;s an overdate.&nbsp; The reason is that the &quot;5&quot; used by the Mexico mint, until 1765, was the old Spanish style 5 basically in the shape of a sickle, with a diagonal tail attached to a &quot;c&quot; at the top. In 1765 the mint started to use a more modern version for 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example (not from my collection):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.govmint.com/media/catalog/product/cache/daa9fcb3626fb352519f90131abc98d6/2/6/260864_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Also, Stack&#039;s had a 1761/51 in one of their past auctions.&nbsp; With this example the 5&#039;s tail is visible at the base of the 6.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images3-cdn.auctionmobility.com/image/3-A820K/?width=720&amp;height=720&amp;resizeinbox=true&amp;backgroundcolor=eeeeee" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Here&#039;s a link to the auction:</p><p><a href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-A820H/mexico-8-reales-176151-momm-charles-iii-1759-88-anacs-ef-40" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-A820H/mexico-8-reales-176151-momm-charles-iii-1759-88-anacs-ef-40" rel="nofollow">https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-A820H/mexico-8-reales-176151-momm-charles-iii-1759-88-anacs-ef-40</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s coin that I&#039;ve owned since 1981-82.&nbsp; I purchased this coin from Hal Blackburn, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.&nbsp; I&#039;ve sold many world coins over the years, but I&#039;ve kept this one. This coin is the most common of the several varieties for this date, but the grade is very nice.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mexico, 8 reales, Charles III, 1761 MM.</b></p><p><b>KM 105;&nbsp; Gilboy M8-39 (C)</b></p><p><b>26.94 grams</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1550457[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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