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Are the Mexican 8 R. a popular collecting series today?
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What is the best reference on them?
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Resplandores is one and the other one is Hookneck. I think that covers the 8 reales series very much.
And yes, I think is very popular... And nearly impossible.
The reference books were shown on another thread recently.
The 8 Reales are popular, but the pieces are so fully priced nowadays that most people should simply aim for a type set. If doing Caps and Rays, maybe aim for a mintmark set.
Resplandores:
When you "really" get into collecting them I suggest "Counterfeit Portrait Eight-Reales, The Un-real Reales" by Robert Gurney. A companion book to the Cap & Ray coins is in the works. You'll learn more than most dealers about the genuine coins after you finish it. It is not a book for children but it is easy to understand if you are a numismatist.
Are you talking specifically about Mexican Republic 8 Reales? If so - Resplandores and Hookneck are the two books you want. There are lots of other 8 Reales series - this denomination has been around since the late 15th Century.
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I just find them to be an interesting series and want to know more about them. These days what I collect is knowledge,
Love them.
I have a few nice ones myself.
As for valuations, compared to US coins they are not expensive.
Of course, they have fewer collectors.
I enjoy looking for the Cap and Rays and buying them when it makes sense. This is a series like no other.. That is for crown size coins. I have reasonable expectations. The closest I will come to completing any type of set would be a type from each mint. I doubt that I will complete of a date run from one of the mints even though it might be possible excluding varieties.
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As @BillDugan1959 says, I would (and am) work on a mint mark set. The coins from each mint with the exception of Estado de Mexico, Guadalupe de Calvo and Real de Catorce are available up into MS64 and become genuinely scarce in gem.
Given that most collectors are type collectors I would focus on coins regardless of grade which have outstanding eye appeal regardless of the targeted grade for your set.
Good luck!
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Nice coins and the outstanding eye appeal concept for collecting is spot on
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