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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 379896, member: 6647&quot;]I picked up a few Spanish Colonial reales at the Long Beach show.&nbsp; One of them is 2 reales from Mexico City that was attributed as 1736/5 overdate, but to me it looks like a 1736/3, which is rarer (11-25 pieces known).&nbsp; Krause does not distinguish prices between the two overdates, but who can resist a theoretical cherrypick?&nbsp; Here it is, see if you agree with my attribution:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Spanish Colonial 2 reales</p><p>1736, Mexico City</p><p>Gilboy M-2-8c?, KM#84</p><p>6.68g, 26.5mm</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/MEX_1736_M-2-8a-red.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Detail of the overdate, note the 3 is repunched:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/MEX_1736_M-2-8a-detail.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In case you are wondering why I don&#039;t think the 6 is over a 5, it is because the 5 used for this year was the old style, which looks very different from a &#039;regular&#039; 5.&nbsp; For reference, below is an old style 5 from a 1750 8 reales:</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/MEX_1750_8R_detail5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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