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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 1290320, member: 6229&quot;]<font face="arial"><font size="3">This one was struck in 1878 at Chihuahua and bears the initials AV which denotes the assayer for the mint was Antonio Valera who served as assayer from 1873 - 1880. In 1877 three other assayers were employed by the Chihuahua Mint and their initials were afixed to some of the coins of 1877:</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EA (Edwardo Avila)</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JM (Jacobo Mucharraz)</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GR (Guadelupe Rocha)</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">　</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">One might think, &quot;If any errors occurred at Chihuahua, it would happen on another&#039;s watch.&quot; but, alas. it happened under Antonio&#039;s supervision. He still remained on the job two more years.</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">　</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">Check out the word LIBERTAD on the Liberty Cap by clicking photo for an enlargement:</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">　</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">(coinarchives.com photo)</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3">　</font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1075077&amp;AucID=991&amp;Lot=20207&amp;Val=f165abb9a67c43a38097bd09ef5d0080" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1075077&amp;AucID=991&amp;Lot=20207&amp;Val=f165abb9a67c43a38097bd09ef5d0080" rel="nofollow"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1075077&amp;AucID=991&amp;Lot=20207&amp;Val=f165abb9a67c43a38097bd09ef5d0080</span></font></span></font></a></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4">　</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4">Hope you enjoyed seeing this 1878 double struck error silver 8 Reales...</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4">　</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4">Clinker</font></font></font></p><p><font face="arial"><font size="3"><font size="4"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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