Nice rare Guatemala 8 Reales

Wasn't me, unfortunately. No idea how it got past my daily eBay searches, but I think it has to do with my region defaulting to Canada and suppressing any US auctions without an international shipping option. An amazing score. Improperly described great rarity in Guatemala portrait colonial 8 Reales series. $4-$5,000 coin in a problem free VF plastic.
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The first problem is that it got listed under Mexico...
Have not seen that date in a long time
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
bummer about the "H" in the field but great cherrypick
Latin American Collection
If the coin is $4k in a problem-free VF slab, then is almost $1k for the subject coin really a cherry-pick? That graffito in the right obverse field is prominent.
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Maybe, maybe not. It has been a few years since the last example surfaced and another few years for the one before that.
8 Reales Madness Collection
That should be easy enough to fix. Good deal.
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Oh, I'd like to hear how that might be accomplished.
8 Reales Madness Collection
I have it on good authority that at least one of the early Mexican "Royals" in the Millennia Collection had a hole "expertly repaired" such that NGC straight graded it without notation on the holder. So yes, it happens.