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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 7965787, member: 42034"]It used to be that Peruvian Republican coins were considered a dog on the market. One reason given was that Peru is relatively last in the alphabet, and at auctions, one had to stay awake until past midnight to bid on them. As I'm a night-owl anyway, this was less of a problem to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can see from my website (above) that I've quite a few of them: in many denominations.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recall at the 1999 and 2000 NYICS, which I attended in person, Peruvian Athena Standing 8 Reales (~1826 ~ 1857) were selling for <$100 in mint state. I bought a few but didn't buy more as I thought there was something wrong with them. Actually, they are a bit common, compared to other types such as the Chilean Volcano Pesos in MS, but are still nice coins for the money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also thanks for the historical writeup behind the 1/8th real. Would you mind if I used parts of it {with credit} for my website? Another favorite era of mine illustrated extensively by Peruvian & Bolivian coinage is the period of Moneda Feble or Weak Money {debased silver currency}.</p><p><a href="https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Latam_Bolivia/Boli_10.html#Bolivia_4S_1830" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Latam_Bolivia/Boli_10.html#Bolivia_4S_1830" rel="nofollow">https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Latam_Bolivia/Boli_10.html#Bolivia_4S_1830</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 7965787, member: 42034"]It used to be that Peruvian Republican coins were considered a dog on the market. One reason given was that Peru is relatively last in the alphabet, and at auctions, one had to stay awake until past midnight to bid on them. As I'm a night-owl anyway, this was less of a problem to me. You can see from my website (above) that I've quite a few of them: in many denominations. I recall at the 1999 and 2000 NYICS, which I attended in person, Peruvian Athena Standing 8 Reales (~1826 ~ 1857) were selling for <$100 in mint state. I bought a few but didn't buy more as I thought there was something wrong with them. Actually, they are a bit common, compared to other types such as the Chilean Volcano Pesos in MS, but are still nice coins for the money. Also thanks for the historical writeup behind the 1/8th real. Would you mind if I used parts of it {with credit} for my website? Another favorite era of mine illustrated extensively by Peruvian & Bolivian coinage is the period of Moneda Feble or Weak Money {debased silver currency}. [URL]https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Latam_Bolivia/Boli_10.html#Bolivia_4S_1830[/URL][/QUOTE]
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