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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2141803, member: 46237&quot;]I picked up a couple new coins for my colonial Mexican portrait 8 reales type collection (1772-1822).</p><p><br /></p><p>First is a scarce transitional type:</p><p>1790Mo (Mexico City) FM</p><p>&quot;Carolus IV&quot; bust of Carolus III</p><p>KM# 107 (1789-1790)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an example of the earlier of two briefly minted Carolus III/IIII transitional 8 Reales types. The bust of Carolus III was used on both types as a placeholder as the Carolus IIII bust would not be ready for use until the issues of 1791. On this type, the legend was updated to read &quot;Carolus IV&quot;. This type was minted from the latter half of 1789 through the early half of 1790, after which the legend was updated to &quot;Carolus IIII&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC XF45</p><p>(seller pics)</p><p><img src="http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc338/Mangoreej/Coins/MX8R1790FMIV_OBV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc338/Mangoreej/Coins/MX8R1790FMIV_REV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second is an 1809Mo (Mexico City) TH</p><p>Ferdinand VII Armored 8R</p><p>KM# 110 (1808-1811)</p><p><br /></p><p>I think these portrait dollars generally look very attractive in XF45, but this type just doesn&#039;t wear well in my opinion so I wanted to pick up a choice AU. While weakness in the crown and shield is common for this series, I&#039;ve never seen a fully struck example of this type. The strike on this coin is about as nice as they come, with a great strike on the head and especially on the pillars.</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC AU58</p><p><img src="http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc338/Mangoreej/Coins/MX8R1809TH_OBV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc338/Mangoreej/Coins/MX8R1809TH_REV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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