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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 24573883, member: 42034&quot;]Congrats on the Hookneck!&nbsp; This is a very important coin, being the 1st design of the Mexican Republic.&nbsp; Hooknecks are <u>extremely desirable</u> &amp; I only have the 8R&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the lack of breast feathers on the 2 R&#039;s, this is true for many specimens as they circulated extensively --but not for all.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1558826[/ATTACH]</p><p>Mexico, Hookneck, 8Reales, 1824, Durango mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the slightly blurry photo, I still haven&#039;t gotten down image photography.</p><p>Bought in 2007, before slabbing of foreign coins became prevalent.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Hubbard &amp; O&#039;Harrow book on Hooknecks:</p><p>&quot;They obviously experienced long circulation.</p><p>It is unusual to find a 2 reales of 1824 that still shows feathers on the eagle.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Nonetheless, their book has pix of 2R&#039;s with breast feathers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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