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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4857063, member: 85693&quot;]Great coin, robinjojo. </p><p><br /></p><p>Blackburn &amp; Blackburn were my favorite mail-order dealer back in the &#039;80s.&nbsp; I used to buy loads of cheap-o crowns off of him - it brings back memories of the pre-Internet telephone scramble to reserve stuff from a mail order list.&nbsp; Hal Blackburn usually answered the phone, and was always such a nice guy, even though I was making small purchases.&nbsp; He always wrote a little personal note on the paperwork. </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember back then China &quot;Fat Man&quot; dollars were selling around melt - Hal always had a lot of them.&nbsp; I wish I&#039;d bought more, given what they go for now!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here is a colonial issue for Mozambique - a Portuguese crowned PM on a Maria Theresa Thaler.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172769[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Just outside the 19th century timeframe, here is a tallero for Eritrea issued by Italy, in a failed effort to replace the Maria Theresa thaler (I got this cheap on eBay - because of the severe mount-mark on top):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172768[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a tad before the 19th century, my first Spanish colonial 8 reales, bought in 1987 from Blackburn &amp; Blackburn, a 1799 issue for Bolivia (Potosi):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1172767[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for bringing back those Blackburn memories...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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