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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;giorgio11, post: 2978011, member: 17094&quot;][ATTACH=full]732121[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is probably my favorite 8 Reales of the recent hoard I have acquired, although the 1877-Go in the OP, as well as Twelfth Day (stay tuned), are definitely in the running as well. This is an 1856/5 overdate Mexico (Mo) 8 Reales, MS64 Pop 1/0 currently at PCGS. The color is absolutely phenomenal as you can see, the preservation is excellent, and as the sole representative of this important mint that I currently own among the Cap and Rays series, it has some superb credentials on all counts.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is one coin that may go into the Box of 20 ... I am just not sure i can bear to sell it. Time will tell. Or not. Why am I so easily distracted?</p><p><br /></p><p>(Strains of Edna St. Vincent Millay&#039;s &quot;Sonnet&quot; on the inelasticity of love waft through my head ... Oh, why not, let&#039;s just go ahead and post it. The sonnet, not the coin on my website.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sonnet</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I shall forget you presently, my dear,</p><p>So make the most of this, your little day,</p><p>Your little month, your little half a year,</p><p>Ere I forget, or die, or move away,</p><p>And we are done forever; by and by</p><p>I shall forget you, as I said, but now,</p><p>If you entreat me with your loveliest lie</p><p>I will protest you with my favourite vow.</p><p>I would indeed that love were longer-lived,</p><p>And oaths were not so brittle as they are,</p><p>But so it is, and nature has contrived</p><p>To struggle on without a break thus far,—</p><p>Whether or not we find what we are seeking</p><p>Is idle, biologically speaking.</p><p><i>—Edna St. Vincent Millay</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Kind regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>George[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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