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<p>[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 7913385, member: 24091"]From James Ricks at Atlas Numismatic. The very elusive 1864-R Guatemala 8 Pesos. Mintage of 474, with maybe 30 or 40 known survivors. AU58: Pop-3/1 finer in MS62 at NGC. PCGS has seen only one coin, an AU53.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two different series with this same portrait, some with the inclusion in the obverse legend "FUNDADOR". They also used different alloys, the 5, 10 and 20 Peso are in 0.900 fine while the rest are 0.875 fine, including the 4 Reales, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 Peso. There is also a 16 Peso with the portrait left. </p><p><br /></p><p>A real cool series with virtually no surviving specimens in uncirculated. The best a collector is likely to do is choice AU. But with the obsession on collecting only uncirculated coins so pervasive in the hobby now days, it means these can be acquired at a reasonable price ---IF you can find them. While not an inexpensive coin, this 8 Pesos costs about what it did 40+ years ago in 1980. </p><p><br /></p><p>Has almost exactly the same amount of gold in it as a French 40 Francs. I've already got the 5, 10 and 20 Pesos in AU58, AU55 and AU58. Which leaves the 4R, 1, 2, 4, and 16 Pesos left to acquire. </p><p><br /></p><p>Terrific website the Atlas Numismatics provided me with ...,,.. Some great information on Guatemala gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.monedasdeguatemala.com/indexIN.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.monedasdeguatemala.com/indexIN.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.monedasdeguatemala.com/indexIN.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1366597[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1366598[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1366599[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="princeofwaldo, post: 7913385, member: 24091"]From James Ricks at Atlas Numismatic. The very elusive 1864-R Guatemala 8 Pesos. Mintage of 474, with maybe 30 or 40 known survivors. AU58: Pop-3/1 finer in MS62 at NGC. PCGS has seen only one coin, an AU53. There are two different series with this same portrait, some with the inclusion in the obverse legend "FUNDADOR". They also used different alloys, the 5, 10 and 20 Peso are in 0.900 fine while the rest are 0.875 fine, including the 4 Reales, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 Peso. There is also a 16 Peso with the portrait left. A real cool series with virtually no surviving specimens in uncirculated. The best a collector is likely to do is choice AU. But with the obsession on collecting only uncirculated coins so pervasive in the hobby now days, it means these can be acquired at a reasonable price ---IF you can find them. While not an inexpensive coin, this 8 Pesos costs about what it did 40+ years ago in 1980. Has almost exactly the same amount of gold in it as a French 40 Francs. I've already got the 5, 10 and 20 Pesos in AU58, AU55 and AU58. Which leaves the 4R, 1, 2, 4, and 16 Pesos left to acquire. Terrific website the Atlas Numismatics provided me with ...,,.. Some great information on Guatemala gold coins. [URL]https://www.monedasdeguatemala.com/indexIN.html[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1366596[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1366597[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1366598[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1366599[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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