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<p>[QUOTE="ctrl, post: 1389387, member: 13378"]Thanks for the images, I'm looking at them, but they're pretty tough to make out. I'll keep looking more closely.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. In the legend, instead of PETRUS (for Pedro) it is an error as PETRUST (yours is correct)</p><p>2. For the Goiás counterstamps of this era, it's either going to be a 20/80 or 10/40 or 10/20 or 20/75. For 1829, it's limited to 10/20, 10/40, 20/80 (yours).</p><p>3. The only possiblity I'm aware of for an 1828M is 10/37.5. The problem with what you've posted is that for this issue, the M mintmark is not next to the date, but rather below the denomination in lower center of the coin. I can't make it out clearly what the date or mintmark is in the photos of this coin.</p><p>4. It does look like an M mintmark to me too. It looks more like 1821 to me than 1811. The possibilities for 1821M would be 37.5, possibly counterstamped with 10, or 75, possibly counterstamped with 20. I think I see a 7 to the left of the damage, meaning it would be a 75 with some kind of damage in the middle. I have no idea what that damage is or why, but I wouldn't say it was official.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ctrl, post: 1389387, member: 13378"]Thanks for the images, I'm looking at them, but they're pretty tough to make out. I'll keep looking more closely. 1. In the legend, instead of PETRUS (for Pedro) it is an error as PETRUST (yours is correct) 2. For the Goiás counterstamps of this era, it's either going to be a 20/80 or 10/40 or 10/20 or 20/75. For 1829, it's limited to 10/20, 10/40, 20/80 (yours). 3. The only possiblity I'm aware of for an 1828M is 10/37.5. The problem with what you've posted is that for this issue, the M mintmark is not next to the date, but rather below the denomination in lower center of the coin. I can't make it out clearly what the date or mintmark is in the photos of this coin. 4. It does look like an M mintmark to me too. It looks more like 1821 to me than 1811. The possibilities for 1821M would be 37.5, possibly counterstamped with 10, or 75, possibly counterstamped with 20. I think I see a 7 to the left of the damage, meaning it would be a 75 with some kind of damage in the middle. I have no idea what that damage is or why, but I wouldn't say it was official.[/QUOTE]
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