8 Reales Madness Collection - Toners, Varieties, Unique Coins

Hey everyone!

I'm putting most of the collection up for sale. I got way too deep on this series and while cataloging yet another minor die marker, I realized it stopped being fun somewhere along the way. While i'm considering my next collecting area, I've consigned my collection to Stacks for the upcoming August ANA Sale.

There's a little bit for everyone: top pops, rare varieties, wild toners, significant provenances, unique coins, etc...

You can see the ones from my collection by searching Stacks upcoming lots for Martyn Collection - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...eales+Varieties.&limit=96&lots_range=upcoming

Over the years I've played different registry games and had lots of cross-overs for these coins. Most of these have both an NGC and a PCGS cert numbers (and imaging), regardless of the current holder. If you're interested in a specific coin, please don't hesitate to let me know and i'll give you the history and some of my personal commentary.

You can also check out my Instagram for videos of most of these coins: https://www.instagram.com/8_reales_numis

Thank you all for being a big part of the 8 Reales Madness journey. Hope my posts over the years were informative and you caught some of my excitement for the series.

I do plan to continue collecting and actively looking for a new direction. Mexican War for Independence period always fascinated me and I'll likely focus there, but please share some ideas

Roman.

A few of my favorites from the sale are below.

**Favorite Toners:**
1780 AU58+ crossed as a plus from PCGS to NGC - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...mo-ff-mexico-city-mint-charles-iii-ngc-au-58-


1789 AU58 that at some point was MS61 although i like it as a 58 more - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...9-mo-fm-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-au-58


1793 AU58 - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...3-mo-fm-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-au-58


1795 AU58 - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...5-mo-fm-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-au-58


1796 AU55 although it was a 58 in another life and holder - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...6-mo-fm-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-au-55


1802 with wild electric colors AU55 - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...2-mo-ft-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-au-55



1802 AU58 with nice green and champaign toning and luster - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...2-mo-ft-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-au-58


1808 Ferdinand VII AU58 ex: Huntington - special coin - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...o-th-mexico-city-mint-ferdinand-vii-ngc-au-58


1817 AU58 with nice old cabinet toning from the PLUS ULTRA collection and a minor variety 1/1 in date - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...o-jj-mexico-city-mint-ferdinand-vii-ngc-au-58




**Favorite Varieties:**

1772-MF Inverted Assayer and Mint Mark - the rare MF vs FM assayer combo - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...-mo-mf-mexico-city-mint-charles-iii-ngc-au-55


1783-FM - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...ty-mint-charles-iii-ngc-ef-details-chopmarked


1795/6-FM - discovery coin for this variety - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...6-mo-fm-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-au-55


1816/5-JJ - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...o-jj-mexico-city-mint-ferdinand-vii-ngc-au-58


1804-TH CARLUS legend error - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...4-mo-th-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-vf-35


1802/1-TH - best example of this tough variety - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...1-mo-ft-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-ms-62


1815-JJ/HJ - another best example of this variety - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...jjhj-mexico-city-mint-ferdinand-vii-ngc-ms-62


**And a few unique (at least for now) major varieties:**

1803-FM - this coin first surfaced in 1981 and another example have not been found since - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...ity-mint-charles-iv-ngc-ef-details-chopmarked


1797/6-FM - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...o-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-ef-details-cleaned


1803/1-FT - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...1-mo-ft-mexico-city-mint-charles-iv-ngc-vf-35


1803/2-FT - https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...charles-iv-ngc-vf-details-chopmarked-graffiti


As one chapter ends, another one begins.