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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;miedbe7, post: 1603979, member: 33919&quot;]The back story is that I&#039;ve always wanted a silver dollar from 1884 (100 years before my birth year).&nbsp; I had always thought I&#039;d get a 1884-CC PL Morgan when I had the money.&nbsp; Well, I later discovered the Cap and Rays coinage from Mexico and knew I had to have one.&nbsp; Fast forward to last week and I stumble upon this offering, but only had the scans to go by:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]225961.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I went ahead and made an offer, won the auction, and it arrived today.&nbsp; It looks so much better in hand than I can ever make it look in pictures.&nbsp; It has a wonderful hue to it, almost a burnt rose tone.&nbsp; So now I have my first foreign coin (aside from a $10 grab bag of circulated world coins I got on Amazon).</p><p><br /></p><p>And here it is, my 1884 Ca MM Mexico 8 Reales (KM#377.2):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]225962.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]225963.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What do ya&#039;ll think?&nbsp; I really, really like it ... I think the dark side is calling! :devil:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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