Sedwick

Abuelo

Anyone had any luck at the auction today?

TwoKopeiki

Nothing for me. What about you?

Abuelo

So far, a Bolivian cob with a CAR/Guatemala counterstamp.

bronco2078

Who is Warhols best girl edie ?

My mistake I thought we were playing jeopardy

Yorkshireman

Didn’t like any of the silver.

Boosibri

The 1776 8r in 64 went for over $10k!

jgenn

I still can't get past the abnormally poor die punching of the dentils on that example. Imagine what the final price would have been without that flaw.

TwoKopeiki

@jgenn said:
I still can't get past the abnormally poor die punching of the dentils on that example. Imagine what the final price would have been without that flaw.

Yeah, I did not like the die work at all. It was shoddy even for a JR assayer coin. By the way, any idea why this assayer coins display die elements that are different from other years for this mint? Even for 1776-PR die elements are all using Regal punches. JR does not (look at the digits in the date, for example).

jgenn

One thing that happened in 1776 was that Alto Perú was moved from the Viceroyalty of Perú to the newly created Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata. The change of assayers may be related and a replacement of old punches (and less than competent die sinkers) might have happened as well.