Let’s see some coins from the early Latin American Republics
Boosibri
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My favorite designs are from the republics post Spanish rule. Let’s see some!
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How about this portrait showing Simon Bolivar? He fought for the independence of multiple countries
This date is scarce
http://www.bluccphotos.com/clients/bidask/2-16-19/8rbolivia/single-image/8r-1789pts-4323260-005-n50_copy-photo.html#anchor
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The OP asked for coins from independent countries after Spanish rule. Portraits of a king like your coin indicate that was pre-independence.
This is my favourite Mexican coin, even when it was minted in Tegucigalpa, back then part of Mexico. Yes, back then was not a republic, but it is already independent...
This one is as early as you can get a republican coin in Latin America:
You will have to define "early"
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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I have no idea how rare this is but it's cool congrats!!
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Nice fingers 😄
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You guys know that I don't collect Latin American coins, but I love seeing all of yours! @Boosibri - not sure how I missed this Bolivar 8 Sol if you have posted it before. But scrolling through this thread (with a lot of great coins) it stopped me in my tracks. Looks totally original.
Dynamite coin!
My current "Box of 20"
Another rare one...
In his books on the CAR, Roberto Jovel mentioned that this is one of the rarest coins of the Republic:
Exceedingly rare.
Lotsa "wowzers" in this thread.
Here is one:
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Struck over an 1857 seated quarter
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Good eye!
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Great coins!
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Brazil became an independent nation in 1822
Nice coin but Again you are missing the point of this thread. the portrait of a Spanish king means your coin was issued under colonial rule.
Original looking
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Like them!
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Nice!
Nice toning!
Ah, I recognize my old South Peru 8 Reales. Sure looks nicer in that TrueView.
I replaced it with this one, a slightly more common variety.
In the upcoming HA sale. KM has it as the rarest & Restrepo 2nd rarest date of type (Bogota of this type many times rarer than Popayan in decent grade). Next best is a Good-6 at PCGS.
@jgenn, Nice 'Federacion' piece. As for the 'Confederacion' piece, always a pleasure to know where a coin came from and, from the other side, where it ended up. As far as I know, CRO bought it out of the Sept. '19 Long Beach auction and crossed it to PCGS before I bought it from them about a year ago. The TrueView is pretty spectacular.
I have one other, a 1838-CUZCO MS in AU58 that I could not pass up also with a striking TrueView. Love the color on both pieces.
The former Spanish Colony known as the Capitania General de Chile became an independent country after the defeat of the royalist forces on the plains of Chacabuco in early 1817.
The government of the young new country wasted no time in issuing its first coinage in the same year. Three major varieties of the Chilean Volcano peso, the first coin of Independent Chile, exist. In chronological sequence: 1817 with assayers F and J, 1817 without an assayer, and finally 1817 with assayers F and D.
1817 without an assayer was only issued in for one short month (probably August of 1817) during which the mint was left without an assayer. This is the example from my collection.
Another Volcano peso from my collection: 1818/7 F.D
Chile, 2 Escudos 1834.
Chile, 1 peso 1832.
Great looking coins @Eddi. Have you seen the unique 1826 Peso in the British museum?
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I have not yet had an opportunity to do so, Brian, but I hope to in the future. They have quite a few Chilean Coins including (I believe) a very nice example of my dream-coin. the Coquimbo Peso.
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11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Real sweet piece, thanks for sharing
I don't have a single piece from this genre.
But damn. There are some outstanding coins in this thread.
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I need to tell my friend from Honduras that he is actually Mexican :-)