This lady arrived today: 1869 Colombia Peso MEDELLIN

mercurydimeguy · January 21, 2016 11:50AM

Thought I'd share...

Boosibri · January 21, 2016 6:25PM

Very nice. I like it MB.

pruebas · January 21, 2016 10:47PM

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 · January 21, 2016 11:17PM

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 · January 22, 2016 2:06AM

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

lordmarcovan · January 22, 2016 7:02PM

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 · January 22, 2016 9:59PM

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 · January 23, 2016 1:26AM

Really nice peso!

mercurydimeguy · January 23, 2016 2:34AM

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

FilamCoins · January 23, 2016 7:50AM

Nice pickup!

marcmoish · January 23, 2016 11:41AM

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

This lady arrived today: 1869 Colombia Peso MEDELLIN

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