Crude 8 Reales

Chinesecoincollector · February 1, 2013 10:59AM

Any Ideas? Well worn - very crude lettering.

bidask · February 1, 2013 11:08AM

I don't know but it looks like ocer the years it bought its share of grog!

mrpotatoheadd · February 1, 2013 11:10AM

Mexico/Durango, War for Independence, KM111.2

edited to add... more than likely, not well-worn but poorly struck.

Chinesecoincollector · February 1, 2013 11:24AM

MilkmanDan · February 1, 2013 12:19PM

Hey that's pretty cool.

JohnnyCache · February 1, 2013 11:51PM

I'm no expert by any means, but it appears to me that it is from the Durango mint in Mexico

Heritage Auction Ferdinand Durango

JC

Edit to say: Sorry didn't see that mrpotatoheadd already answered, oh well at least I was on track.

TwoKopeiki · February 2, 2013 6:15AM

Nice Durango 8 Reales. You can see that the planchet was not even in terms of thickness, which resulted in strike weakness, as mrpotatoheadd mentioned. MZ assayers and what is remaining of that bust point to this coin being from the 1815-1817 period. Nice example of this crude series.

Here's a few I used to own that are from the same years:

1816

1815

Another 1816

Crude 8 Reales

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