This lady arrived today: 1869 Colombia Peso MEDELLIN

mercurydimeguy

Thought I'd share...

Boosibri

Very nice. I like it MB.

pruebas

Is it a circulated pattern? A copper Peso? It even says 0.900 fine but doesn't appear to be silver.



Anyway, nice coin.

mercurydimeguy

It's silver but has the grayish bluish tint to it with really nice underlying luster. It has a lot of eye appeal in hand. Doesn't look like it has ever been messed with, which is shocking. It's in an NGC AU55 holder certainly has more detail than my current PCGS AU53. I'll post that picture later but the two coins are very different and probably come from different dies.



This die was probably made by a guy drinking too much rum check out the date LOL

ShadyDave

Wow, I'm surprised to hear that this coin is NOT copper.

lordmarcovan

Nice piece.



Medellín (not "Medallin") would be the mint city, as you may know. Once the "most violent city in the world" during Pablo Escobar's reign as a drug cartel kingpin. Hopefully a slightly more peaceful place now.

mercurydimeguy

Originally posted by: lordmarcovan

Nice piece.



Medellín (not "Medallin") would be the mint city, as you may know. Once the "most violent city in the world" during Pablo Escobar's reign as a drug cartel kingpin. Hopefully a slightly more peaceful place now.

Thanks LM. I have not been feeling well and haven't really checked for typos. You are right, good catch.



Yeah, I wonder what the city was like back then?

BillB

Really nice peso!

mercurydimeguy

Here's my current PCGS 53 (ex NGC 53).

FilamCoins

Nice pickup!

marcmoish

Personally I'd keep the 53 as I like that one more.