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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3280984, member: 112&quot;]More examples what I mean by buying coins because I like them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]867393[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]867394[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]867395[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]867396[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]867397[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]867398[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]867400[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]867402[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1st, one of the earliest of the Spanish colonial coins, a high grade example 1542 4 reale struck in the actual home of Hernan Cortez.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd, a high grade and what I thought was nicely toned example of a later 8 reales.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 3rd, a much more common 2 reale with a strike-through and corrosion damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 4th, a later 4 reale but with obvious damage.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But the primary reason I bought all of these was because of my own personal connection, from my past history, to Spanish colonial coinage. I guess what I&#039;m trying to get across is that for me money played a very, very minor part in my coin buying habits. I bought coins for what I considered to be much more important reasons - because for one reason or another I liked the coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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