I saw that one! I missed the 1770-G 2R right before this one
Sorry to hear that. I assumed you knew about it and bought it. It sold for what I consider a strong price (1100 CHF, more than the one I bought) but with a mintage of only 4,012, I'm not sure there is a better one. I'd grade it a F-15 but I think it it's eligible for a VF holder.
For the one I bought, the only other comparable (and maybe slightly better) one I know is the Ortiz specimen.
I saw that one! I missed the 1770-G 2R right before this one
Sorry to hear that. I assumed you knew about it and bought it. It sold for what I consider a strong price (1100 CHF, more than the one I bought) but with a mintage of only 4,012, I'm not sure there is a better one. I'd grade it a F-15 but I think it it's eligible for a VF holder.
For the one I bought, the only other comparable (and maybe slightly better) one I know is the Ortiz specimen.
I believe your example is the rare variety without the ligature in the MA. Tough to tell from the photos but worth checking.
I saw that one! I missed the 1770-G 2R right before this one
Sorry to hear that. I assumed you knew about it and bought it. It sold for what I consider a strong price (1100 CHF, more than the one I bought) but with a mintage of only 4,012, I'm not sure there is a better one. I'd grade it a F-15 but I think it it's eligible for a VF holder.
For the one I bought, the only other comparable (and maybe slightly better) one I know is the Ortiz specimen.
I believe your example is the rare variety without the ligature in the MA. Tough to tell from the photos but worth checking.
I do not collect medals but had to make an exception recently for this one. It is a medal issued during the Guerra del Pacifico (Saltpeter War, or War of the Pacific) between Peru and Chile, 1879-1883.
It was struck to help fund and support the crew of a cannon or battery emplacement on the outskirts of Lima, the capital city, as the Chileans were on the verge of capturing the city in January of 1881.
The Peruvian army had suffered a first major defeat in the defence of Lima at the battle of San Juan and Chorrillos on 13th of February 1881. This was followed by the final battle at Miraflores, just two days later on the 15th of January. The Chilean Army entered Lima two days later which they were to occupy for 2 years.
This medal commemorates a battery Emplacement named after Alfonso Ugarte, a Peruvian coronel who had died a few months earlier defending Arica from an assault by the Chilean army.
The battery was located on the cliffs overlooking the ocean in Miraflores and was inaugurated on December 23rd 1879, as the medal proclaims. It was overrun and captured by the Chilean army just 3 weeks later during the battle of Miraflores.
It is an historic and tragic reminder of one of the saddest chapters in the history of Peru.
Very rare issue in silver, almost all known survivors of this medal are in copper.
(please excuse my terrible pictures - this is actually a very nice medal with much mint luster remainig )
Since @Boosibri was tired of the same threads at the top all week, and since this thread was on page 2, I decided to post something to it. Have I posted this one before? Can anyone tell me what is special about it?
Correct. Missing the assayer (R in this case) and the mintmark (Mo).
IIRC there are 4-5 known. I believe this to be the second finest. I also own the finest, which has a different die on the pillar side. (I don’t have a good photo of that coin.)
Edited to add: Nobody knows why these exist. I think they are probably errors.
Correct. Missing the assayer (R in this case) and the mintmark (Mo).
IIRC there are 4-5 known. I believe this to be the second finest. I also own the finest, which has a different die on the pillar side. (I don’t have a good photo of that coin.)
Edited to add: Nobody knows why these exist. I think they are probably errors.
Happy Thursday everyone. I got one in the mail today. It seems like a solid XF to me but I don't have a lot of practice with the circulated grades on these. What does everyone think?
The fractional silver Libertad onzas were issued starting in 1991. Here are the 1990 patterns.
Interestingly, I got the 1/10, 1/14, and 1/2 from one source, but he was missing the 1/20. Another source had only the 1/20 and was missing the others. Now they are all re-united and certified!
I picked up this gem Peruvian commemorative at the Sarasota coin show, pre-pandemic. I'm not really sure why I bought it, but it was a disappointing show and I had to buy something! This stood out in the crowd and it was a whopping eight bucks.
@Abuelo said: @JohnnyCache it seems to me that the half real look better than 62, at least in the picture.
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Well it was in an NGC 64 holder, now that's not to say that it should, or shouldn't be, a 64 but I do think a MS63 would have been appropriate.
Look at this PCGS 1773 1/2 Real in MS63 to me it looks like it has a staple scratch at the lower right reverse and overall doesn't look as nice as the one I sent in. See both of these coins True Views here
1981 Gold Onza struck in silver. Presumably a pattern. Unfortunately it was carelessly tested with acid by some dummy, probably to see if it contained any gold.
I found two Porfirio Diaz medals in my holdings, so I sent one to PCGS to slab for my collection and another to Stacks for sale. Here is mine.
This beautiful medal by Charles Pillet stroked the general's ego and caused him to select Pillet to design a circulating coin for the Mexican Centennial, which we know today as the Caballito Peso.
I haven't seen any others, but they may be out there.
But the onza planchet should theoretically be rarer, given the strict controls of precious metals in the mint these days. It may have been removed by an official for "personal use" to get around those controls.
Great pair, @JohnnyCache ! I haven't posted any additions since my fiasco with the 2 raw toners back in May that turned out to be artificially toned. I did receive my money back from the seller, which was the best outcome i could have hoped for.
@TwoKopeiki said:
Great pair, @JohnnyCache ! I haven't posted any additions since my fiasco with the 2 raw toners back in May that turned out to be artificially toned. I did receive my money back from the seller, which was the best outcome i could have hoped for.
Still waiting to get this one in-hand:
That's a beauty!
The shipping from Heritage appears to be a bit slow.
I have my account set up for FedEX only, but then called HA in order to manually bump that service up to overnight.
I agree that getting your money back from that other deal was definitely the best outcome.
While I am waiting for my coins to come back from vacation out West, I'll post this one.
The obverse was used on the Wyon-designed coins of Venezuela beginning in 1843. The reverse was used on a commemorative medal for a visit to the Heaton Mint by Edward, Prince of Wales in 1874 (BHM 2973). Enrique Cortés and Company was a large trading company dealing with coffee, hides, forest products, and manufactured items from South America. In 1904 the company merged with London Bank of Central America becoming the Cortés Commercial and Banking Company. Eventually, in 1911, the Board of Directors changed the name to the Commercial Bank of Spanish America.
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Sorry to hear that. I assumed you knew about it and bought it. It sold for what I consider a strong price (1100 CHF, more than the one I bought) but with a mintage of only 4,012, I'm not sure there is a better one. I'd grade it a F-15 but I think it it's eligible for a VF holder.
For the one I bought, the only other comparable (and maybe slightly better) one I know is the Ortiz specimen.
I believe your example is the rare variety without the ligature in the MA. Tough to tell from the photos but worth checking.
Latin American Collection
Thanks, I'll do that upon receipt.
Oh, and the reverse on both coins are really nice too.
Both are pop one and I wanted a PL too .😊
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I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I do not collect medals but had to make an exception recently for this one. It is a medal issued during the Guerra del Pacifico (Saltpeter War, or War of the Pacific) between Peru and Chile, 1879-1883.
It was struck to help fund and support the crew of a cannon or battery emplacement on the outskirts of Lima, the capital city, as the Chileans were on the verge of capturing the city in January of 1881.
The Peruvian army had suffered a first major defeat in the defence of Lima at the battle of San Juan and Chorrillos on 13th of February 1881. This was followed by the final battle at Miraflores, just two days later on the 15th of January. The Chilean Army entered Lima two days later which they were to occupy for 2 years.
This medal commemorates a battery Emplacement named after Alfonso Ugarte, a Peruvian coronel who had died a few months earlier defending Arica from an assault by the Chilean army.
The battery was located on the cliffs overlooking the ocean in Miraflores and was inaugurated on December 23rd 1879, as the medal proclaims. It was overrun and captured by the Chilean army just 3 weeks later during the battle of Miraflores.
It is an historic and tragic reminder of one of the saddest chapters in the history of Peru.
Very rare issue in silver, almost all known survivors of this medal are in copper.
(please excuse my terrible pictures - this is actually a very nice medal with much mint luster remainig )
@Eddi your pics are fine. Great medal! I think a few medals here and there add depth to a collection.
@pruebas, thank you very much, Sir!
1979 Bolivian proof silver 200 pesos (Year of the Child).
Struck in .925 silver by Swiss refinery Valcombi
KM#198
Mintage: 15,000
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Since @Boosibri was tired of the same threads at the top all week, and since this thread was on page 2, I decided to post something to it. Have I posted this one before? Can anyone tell me what is special about it?
This coin is ex. Kent Ponterio collection.
@pruebas no assayer.
1/0
I have to say @pruebas never disappoints.
Isn't there also supposed to be a denomination along with assayer initial on the reverse? Or am I thinking of later issues?
8 Reales Madness Collection
The assayer can be found on obverse or reverse depending 9n the assayer, but the value is always on the columns' side, if that is what you mean.
Correct. Missing the assayer (R in this case) and the mintmark (Mo).
IIRC there are 4-5 known. I believe this to be the second finest. I also own the finest, which has a different die on the pillar side. (I don’t have a good photo of that coin.)
Edited to add: Nobody knows why these exist. I think they are probably errors.
And in the next episode of Hoarders…
Latin American Collection
1821/0
Happy Thursday everyone. I got one in the mail today. It seems like a solid XF to me but I don't have a lot of practice with the circulated grades on these. What does everyone think?
Here is my new one.
This half real, until a couple of weeks ago, resided in an NGC MS64 holder now PCGS MS62
This four reales is an old forum friend and is now under new management - thanks to Brian
Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
Spanish Colonial Pillar Set
@JohnnyCache it seems to me that the half real look better than 62, at least in the picture.
The fractional silver Libertad onzas were issued starting in 1991. Here are the 1990 patterns.
Interestingly, I got the 1/10, 1/14, and 1/2 from one source, but he was missing the 1/20. Another source had only the 1/20 and was missing the others. Now they are all re-united and certified!
I picked up this gem Peruvian commemorative at the Sarasota coin show, pre-pandemic. I'm not really sure why I bought it, but it was a disappointing show and I had to buy something! This stood out in the crowd and it was a whopping eight bucks.
@pruebas were these part of the last submission filled with attribution errors on PCGS part?
@Abuelo yes. However, they were correct.
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Well it was in an NGC 64 holder, now that's not to say that it should, or shouldn't be, a 64 but I do think a MS63 would have been appropriate.
Look at this PCGS 1773 1/2 Real in MS63 to me it looks like it has a staple scratch at the lower right reverse and overall doesn't look as nice as the one I sent in. See both of these coins True Views here
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Coin from Stacks Auction
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Mine
In the end, I can live with with it as an MS62.
jc
Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
Spanish Colonial Pillar Set
1981 Gold Onza struck in silver. Presumably a pattern. Unfortunately it was carelessly tested with acid by some dummy, probably to see if it contained any gold.
@pruebas so restoration cannot fix it?
Nope. The surface is etched from the acid.
Catastrophic @pruebas
I found two Porfirio Diaz medals in my holdings, so I sent one to PCGS to slab for my collection and another to Stacks for sale. Here is mine.
This beautiful medal by Charles Pillet stroked the general's ego and caused him to select Pillet to design a circulating coin for the Mexican Centennial, which we know today as the Caballito Peso.
Two rare Guatemalan pillars just graded. The 2R, while modest, is perhaps the rarest date of the denomination for the Mint.
Latin American Collection
Maybe I have already posted this, but anyway, a medal (silver, NGC MS65) with all the 3 mints that have minted the 1984 coins:
Coinsof1984@martinb6830 on twitter
these joined the herd this week - I love the sunface on the 1/2
Ecuador coinage is under rated
Latin American Collection
Positive BST as a seller: Namvet69, Lordmarcovan, Bigjpst, Soldi, mustanggt, CoinHoader, moursund, SufinxHi, al410, JWP
Just a piece of one.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Not exactly a coin, but a proto-coin. This is a blank planchet for an unknown mint/date Mexican Republic 8R with a proper edge.
And just for fun, here is a blank planchet for a 1982-1989 Silver Libertad Onza, with a proper (lettered) edge.
Those are pretty neat, @pruebas
Can't be too many Cap and Rays planchets around.
8 Reales Madness Collection
I haven't seen any others, but they may be out there.
But the onza planchet should theoretically be rarer, given the strict controls of precious metals in the mint these days. It may have been removed by an official for "personal use" to get around those controls.
here is a nice Newfoundland Gold $2 or 200 cents
Positive BST as a seller: Namvet69, Lordmarcovan, Bigjpst, Soldi, mustanggt, CoinHoader, moursund, SufinxHi, al410, JWP
This thread needs some love.
Here is a recent addition that I purchased in the August Stack's Bowers auction.
It's a nice 1786 Mexico 1 Real Charles III in MS62 PCGS.
This coin is the brother from another mother to a 1786 Mexico 1 Real Charles III in MS63 PCGS that I also have.
The MS62 shows recut "HIS" of HISPAN on the reverse, whereas the MS63 does not.
Both are nice coins.
However I do get a little extra bit of enjoyment out of the fact that Brad used the MS63
in his book, though he mentions it as an MS62.
I know you guys have been active in the recent auctions, let's see some of that stuff posted here for posterity.
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Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
Spanish Colonial Pillar Set
Long time since I share anything in this glorious thread, so here we go:
As minted...
Great pair, @JohnnyCache ! I haven't posted any additions since my fiasco with the 2 raw toners back in May that turned out to be artificially toned. I did receive my money back from the seller, which was the best outcome i could have hoped for.
Still waiting to get this one in-hand:
8 Reales Madness Collection
That's a beauty!
The shipping from Heritage appears to be a bit slow.
I have my account set up for FedEX only, but then called HA in order to manually bump that service up to overnight.
I agree that getting your money back from that other deal was definitely the best outcome.
Charles III Album
Charles III Portrait Set
Charles IV Album
Charles IV Portrait Set
Spanish Colonial Pillar Set
While I am waiting for my coins to come back from vacation out West, I'll post this one.
The obverse was used on the Wyon-designed coins of Venezuela beginning in 1843. The reverse was used on a commemorative medal for a visit to the Heaton Mint by Edward, Prince of Wales in 1874 (BHM 2973). Enrique Cortés and Company was a large trading company dealing with coffee, hides, forest products, and manufactured items from South America. In 1904 the company merged with London Bank of Central America becoming the Cortés Commercial and Banking Company. Eventually, in 1911, the Board of Directors changed the name to the Commercial Bank of Spanish America.
How about a frosty specimen
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