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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 2903984, member: 42034&quot;]Well this is one of my latter ones: acquired middle of 2017.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been looking for a Peru 8 escudos of this date as it&#039;s the 1st gold coin struck by Independent Peru*.&nbsp; Since I collect coins of the early Independent Latin American nations, this is appropriate for the collection.&nbsp; These are reasonably priced: as are most Peru coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_cointalk/Per_8E_1826Cz_both_1500_HA.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Peru 8 escudos, 1826 Cuzco mint, NGC-62</p><p>prooflike surfaces, some flan flaws, no hairlines or &quot;cabinet friction&quot; I could discern.&nbsp; The photo shows a grainy planchlet and color changes on the high points of Athena which detract from the actual appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I knew this date wasn&#039;t super common but I recalled I saw one before at the 2008 Millenium sale.&nbsp; However, when I checked, my memory was faulty &amp; that early Peru piece was an 1829. It turned out that this is the highest graded specimen, the next being an EF-40 and one VF.&nbsp; There is also an 1826 Lima mint in ms-61.</p><p><br /></p><p>* There are also 1826 1/2 and 1 escudos struck and it&#039;s logical to assume that those would&#039;ve been made 1st as they were getting set up for production.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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