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<p>[QUOTE="giorgio11, post: 2973373, member: 17094"][ATTACH=full]729949[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]729950[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Two 8 Reales struck at the Oaxaca mint, an 1879-Oa AE signifying assayer Agustin Edner, and an 1891-Oa EN struck under assayer Eduardo Navarro Luna. Both coins are AU58 PCGS, and both are Pop 1/0 at that service.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike prolific mints like Zacatecas and Mexico City, the Oaxaca mint started producing 8 Reales much later, in 1858, and only ran through 1893. Mintages were generally low, when their numbers are known at all, and Uncirculated examples from this mint tend to be scarce or rare. The 1879 issue here was struck to the extent of 153,000 coins, and the 1891 160,000 pieces. Further heightening the interest surrounding Oaxaca issues are the curious 1861-64 issues, which show two completely different die styles for the same years (one crude, one much finer) and different-style mintmarks. One had an O mintmark, the other had a small 'A' inside the O. <i>Resplandores</i> authors Dunigan and Parker have concluded that two different mints, using the same assayer, were responsible for striking these interesting productions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The later days of Christmas will be getting better and better ... Thanks for reading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kind regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>George[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="giorgio11, post: 2973373, member: 17094"][ATTACH=full]729949[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]729950[/ATTACH] Two 8 Reales struck at the Oaxaca mint, an 1879-Oa AE signifying assayer Agustin Edner, and an 1891-Oa EN struck under assayer Eduardo Navarro Luna. Both coins are AU58 PCGS, and both are Pop 1/0 at that service. Unlike prolific mints like Zacatecas and Mexico City, the Oaxaca mint started producing 8 Reales much later, in 1858, and only ran through 1893. Mintages were generally low, when their numbers are known at all, and Uncirculated examples from this mint tend to be scarce or rare. The 1879 issue here was struck to the extent of 153,000 coins, and the 1891 160,000 pieces. Further heightening the interest surrounding Oaxaca issues are the curious 1861-64 issues, which show two completely different die styles for the same years (one crude, one much finer) and different-style mintmarks. One had an O mintmark, the other had a small 'A' inside the O. [I]Resplandores[/I] authors Dunigan and Parker have concluded that two different mints, using the same assayer, were responsible for striking these interesting productions. The later days of Christmas will be getting better and better ... Thanks for reading. Kind regards, George[/QUOTE]
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