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1818 ZSAG 8 Reales variety?

HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
edited September 17, 2017 12:25PM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

Hi guys just looking through my coins and whilst looking at this one noticed it has 2 dots after the word GRATIA. I am not a collector of 8 Reales and was wondering, is this a known variety?

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 17, 2017 5:04PM

    Nice crude Zacatecas War of Independence issue. There are lots of varieties for this year. Calbeto alone documented 6. The double dot is not one of them, but i believe the dot is due to the engraver correcting it's original location on the die and the repair starting to show-up in later die states.

    The reverse looks to be Calbeto #1777 characterized by a missing arch on the crown. I think it's a new obverse die, but the closest is the one listed under Calbeto #1775.


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  • HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭

    Great thanks for the info. Veryuch appreciated

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