A couple newps for the weekend

OriginalDan

Buying has slowed down considerably, but I had a few coins saved up to image and found some time this morning.

The first one comes courtesy of @MrEureka, I have a real weakness for nice original coins with interesting chopmarks. Not a rare or even scarce coin with chops, but fairly tough to find with nice eye appeal. It's a little bit dished from all the punching.

The next one is an eBay pickup. Like the trade dollar above, these are very common both with and without Chinese Chopmarks. However, finding one with chops that isn't totally thrashed and/or cleaned and any sort of eye appeal is very tough. This one will fill the hole for this type for a while. It's not a perfect coin, but I like it.

Feel free to comment or post your own newps below.

bidask

Nice pickups for your special collection Dan !

TwoKopeiki

Great eye appeal - well done!

OriginalDan

Thanks guys. Have a nice weekend.

coinkat

Terrific additions. Thanks for posting these. Sometimes I doubt there is an appreciation for coins such as these in terms of how many survived. I doubt that 30-40 years ago there was the interest in chop marks and the history behind them. So my point is simple in terms of what survived from the uninformed from melting history in World Commerce.

EVillageProwler

Extremely nice pick ups. Love 'em. Congrats!

OriginalDan

Thanks @EVillageProwler, appreciate it. Could you see if this character/symbol is familiar to your wifey?

TradesWithChops

Dan - that Peso is wonderful - even with a bit of blue rim toning on the reverse!

Que_sai_je

Nice! Just picked this up, haven't had a Chile Peso chopmarked before, any comments as to scarcity? Thanks!

OriginalDan

@Que_sai_je said:
Nice! Just picked this up, haven't had a Chile Peso chopmarked before, any comments as to scarcity? Thanks!

Nice pickup. I was the 2nd or third underbidder on that one, would have bid stronger but I already have an example of the type. These aren't rare but they aren't common either (with chopmarks). I really like the design of the coin, although it's confusing which is obverse vs. reverse.

Are you getting into collecting chopmarked coins Que_sai_je?

EVillageProwler

@OriginalDan,

I asked a real Chinese person who sits next to me. She said it’s a word fragment but thinks it means “protect”. Chinese are superstitious so we have lots of instances like this in our culture.

EVP

OriginalDan

@EVillageProwler said:
@OriginalDan,

I asked a real Chinese person who sits next to me. She said it’s a word fragment but thinks it means “protect”. Chinese are superstitious so we have lots of instances like this in our culture.

EVP

Thanks EVP, I appreciate your help.

Justacommeman

Well done OD!

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sarikanair

Wow! They are stunning.. love the toning on these coins, the strike is sharp and crisp as well.. cheers!