Crude 8 Reales

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• bidask Posts: 14,057 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 1, 2013 11:08AM

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

  I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
  I give away money. I collect money.
  I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
  
  
  
  
  

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• mrpotatoheadd Posts: 7,576 ✭✭✭

  February 1, 2013 11:10AM

  Mexico/Durango, War for Independence, KM111.2
  
  edited to add... more than likely, not well-worn but poorly struck.

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• Chinesecoincollector Posts: 86

  February 1, 2013 11:24AM

  
  
  

  

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• MilkmanDan Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 1, 2013 12:19PM

  Hey that's pretty cool.

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• JohnnyCache Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭✭✭

  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.
  

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• TwoKopeiki Posts: 9,950 ✭✭✭✭✭

  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
  
  
  
  
  

  Instagram: 8 Reales Numis

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