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<p>[QUOTE="giorgio11, post: 2971177, member: 17094"][ATTACH=full]728950[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This 1892-Do JP 8 Reales was struck at the Durango mint under assayer Jose Miguel Palma (who served two terms, 1880–1882 and 1890–1892; there was also a J. Miguel Palma who served one year, 1877, and used the three-letter acronym JMP). Another assayer, Norberto Dominguez, "signed" the Durango dies ND starting in this year through 1895, and such coins are slightly rarer, according to the reference. This piece seems rather severely undergraded by PCGS, at MS61, but even so, it is the sole Mint State example of this date, mint and assayer at PCGS (#700584); there are also one each in AU55 and AU58.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Spanish word "resplandor" translates as "radiance," and in fact, Stephen King's <i>The Shining</i> with Spanish subtitles is El <i>Resplandor.</i> "Splendor," however, is the closest cognate in English that I can think of for "resplandor." Where did Mike Dunigan and J.B. Parker get the title for Resplandores: The Cap and Rays 8 Reales of the Republic of Mexico 1823–1897? I don't know. Was "Resplandores" (which could also be interpreted, more or less, as "shiners" or "radiant objects") the preexisting name for this type in Spanish? <img src="https://forums.collectors.com/resources/emoji/kiss.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, I can read, write and speak Spanish quite well if not quite fluently, so I will be able to learn more about these Mexican coins and their Spanish colonial forebears as time goes on (some of the major references such as Hookneck/<i>El Aguila de Perfil</i> are bilingual, and some are Spanish-only). I hope you are enjoying my little essays and these wonderful coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kind regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>George[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="giorgio11, post: 2971177, member: 17094"][ATTACH=full]728950[/ATTACH] This 1892-Do JP 8 Reales was struck at the Durango mint under assayer Jose Miguel Palma (who served two terms, 1880–1882 and 1890–1892; there was also a J. Miguel Palma who served one year, 1877, and used the three-letter acronym JMP). Another assayer, Norberto Dominguez, "signed" the Durango dies ND starting in this year through 1895, and such coins are slightly rarer, according to the reference. This piece seems rather severely undergraded by PCGS, at MS61, but even so, it is the sole Mint State example of this date, mint and assayer at PCGS (#700584); there are also one each in AU55 and AU58. The Spanish word "resplandor" translates as "radiance," and in fact, Stephen King's [I]The Shining[/I] with Spanish subtitles is El [I]Resplandor.[/I] "Splendor," however, is the closest cognate in English that I can think of for "resplandor." Where did Mike Dunigan and J.B. Parker get the title for Resplandores: The Cap and Rays 8 Reales of the Republic of Mexico 1823–1897? I don't know. Was "Resplandores" (which could also be interpreted, more or less, as "shiners" or "radiant objects") the preexisting name for this type in Spanish? [IMG]https://forums.collectors.com/resources/emoji/kiss.png[/IMG] Fortunately, I can read, write and speak Spanish quite well if not quite fluently, so I will be able to learn more about these Mexican coins and their Spanish colonial forebears as time goes on (some of the major references such as Hookneck/[I]El Aguila de Perfil[/I] are bilingual, and some are Spanish-only). I hope you are enjoying my little essays and these wonderful coins. Kind regards, George[/QUOTE]
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