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<p>[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 2995929, member: 42034"]About 8 months ago I tried to buy one of these at auction but this one guy just wouldn't let it go. I dropped out at this ridiculous price: about 2x or 3x the auctioneer's estimate.</p><p><br /></p><p>My understanding is that these were issued up until almost the 1830's but with a frozen date of 1821. I'd guess the 1820 date was also issued for many years as it doesn't appear to be much rarer than the 1821. Also I've been told that the silver purity is variable and declines from .666 or .600 to .300.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably for this reason, I've never seen one understruck on a Brazilian 960 reis. My <u>Overstrikes of the 960 Reis</u> reference does mention Colombian 8R understruck but doesn't differentiate on what variety was overstruck I believe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Gallienus, post: 2995929, member: 42034"]About 8 months ago I tried to buy one of these at auction but this one guy just wouldn't let it go. I dropped out at this ridiculous price: about 2x or 3x the auctioneer's estimate. My understanding is that these were issued up until almost the 1830's but with a frozen date of 1821. I'd guess the 1820 date was also issued for many years as it doesn't appear to be much rarer than the 1821. Also I've been told that the silver purity is variable and declines from .666 or .600 to .300. Probably for this reason, I've never seen one understruck on a Brazilian 960 reis. My [U]Overstrikes of the 960 Reis[/U] reference does mention Colombian 8R understruck but doesn't differentiate on what variety was overstruck I believe.[/QUOTE]
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