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Message:: [QUOTE="chip, post: 1814022, member: 19122"]Okeh, got the Grove "Coins of Mexico" book out, The Chihuahua Mint opened in 1831 and was closed in 1895. The 8 Reales coins were the biggest output of the mint, no 4 Reales coins are known from the mint, and the smaller denominations were produced only sporadically. The 8 Reales coins were the only issue of this mint that were produced for each year of the Chihuahua mints existence.  The mint marks were Ca, CH, and CHa The prices listed for these coins in Fine condition which is about the grade I would ascribe to the ops coin range from 450 for an 1839 with AM assayer, to 30 for a large number of the years, your coin is listed at 50 in fine. The book was published in 1981 so I am not sure how much of the value of the coins are bullion value, (which would be close to 30 for an 8R) your coin would be a slightly better date. The Keys to the Chihuahua mint 8R are the 1839 AM, the 1839 RG, All the early issues up to 1840 are listed at 100 or more in fine, the other dates to look out for are the 1857, and the 1865 66 and 1867 dates. The various overdates are worth slightly more, but there is no known overdate for the 1845. Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]