New pick up / Is it common to see one of these with over 50 chop marks?

icsoccer

I used slightly different light between pics...

mrpotatoheadd

Not the same type, but it does have a lot of chops...

regandon

I've never seen coins with that many chop marks. Thanks for posting them.

theboz11

Wow, everyone in the market place had a shot at that, that's amazing.


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satootoko

It's not "common", but also not really unusual enough to be called "rare". I've seen Japanese yen that were almost unrecognizable.

However, they are rare in the condition of mrpotatoheadd's.

WillieBoyd2

The Mexican 1872 peso in mrpotatoheadd's picture was a type the Mexicans
made for only two years.

Chinese merchants didn't like the design and would discount it, although it had the same
amount of silver in it as the 8 reales coins.

That might account for the many chopmarks on what would be a coin unfamiliar to
Chinese merchants.

Mexico went back to the 8 reales design until 1897.

determined

<< <i>The Mexican 1872 peso in mrpotatoheadd's picture was a type the Mexicans
made for only two years.

Chinese merchants didn't like the design and would discount it, although it had the same
amount of silver in it as the 8 reales coins.

That might account for the many chopmarks on what would be a coin unfamiliar to
Chinese merchants
>>



Very interesting. I bet you're right.

I don't collect pesos, so I had to see what they looked like, Mexican Peso 1871-1872.

mrpotatoheadd

Just a minor correction- depending on the mint, the dates range from 1869 to 1873 for this peso type.

WillieBoyd2

You are right, 1869 to 1873.

It is an interesting story that Mexico was forced by another country (China) to revert
to it's old design for it's peso (8 reales) coin.