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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8454665, member: 110226&quot;]The two Mexican coins, the left are &quot;cap and rays&quot; 8 reales.&nbsp; The top coin is from the Mexico City Mint, dated 1891, assayer AM.&nbsp; The coin below it is from San Luis Potosi, a provincial mint.&nbsp; The date is 1844 and the assayer is assayer AM.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the NGC references for those coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>Mexico City Mint</p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/mexico-first-republic-8-reales-km-377.10-1824-1897-cuid-1118135-duid-1422061" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/mexico-first-republic-8-reales-km-377.10-1824-1897-cuid-1118135-duid-1422061" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/mexico-first-republic-8-reales-km-377.10-1824-1897-cuid-1118135-duid-1422061</a></p><p><br /></p><p>San Luis Potosi Mint</p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/mexico-first-republic-8-reales-km-377.12-18-032-1893-cuid-1117784-duid-1422023" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/mexico-first-republic-8-reales-km-377.12-18-032-1893-cuid-1117784-duid-1422023" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/mexico-first-republic-8-reales-km-377.12-18-032-1893-cuid-1117784-duid-1422023</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The 8 reales to the right was issued by the Central American Republic. It existed from July 1823 to February 1841 as a democratic republic. Your coin was struck by Guatemala (NG - Nueva Guatemala).&nbsp; The NG mint mark was used first in 1776 after a devastating earthquake in 1773 destroyed most of the old royal capital, necessitating the creation of a new capital, Nueva Guatemala.</p><p><br /></p><p>The five mountains on the obverse, if I recall correctly, represent the five countries comprising the CAR: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting back to your coin, it was minted in 1847, following the breakup of the CAR with the last year using this design being 1847.&nbsp; The assayer, on the reverse, is A. Of the three coins, this one is by far the best and scarcest.&nbsp; A lovely coin overall, for the obverse and the reverse is very decent, with a small rim bump, but nothing distracting.&nbsp; You&#039;ve go a keeper, I think.&nbsp; And of course there&#039;s the beautiful sun rising next to mountains design on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mexican coins are common for the Mexico City coin and fairly common for the San Luis Potosi coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the NGC guide for Guatemala CAR 8 reales</p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/central-american-republic-8-reales-km-4-1824-1847-6-cuid-1035734-duid-1292680" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/central-american-republic-8-reales-km-4-1824-1847-6-cuid-1035734-duid-1292680" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/central-american-republic-8-reales-km-4-1824-1847-6-cuid-1035734-duid-1292680</a></p><p><br /></p><p>To give you an idea how crude the Guatemala CAR 8 reales can be, here&#039;s one from my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Central America Republic, Guatemala (NG), 8 reales, 1825 M.</b></p><p><b>KM 4</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1498284[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><br /></p><p>The parallel scratches on the obverse are adjustment marks from the mint.&nbsp; Coins that were overweight were reduced by the removal of metal using a sharp tool that cut lines of metal off the flan.&nbsp; This was done until the flan was within the weight standard for the denomination.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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