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Who are some sellers of 8 Reales?
Tunis
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As I am just starting my collection, I am leaning on EBay sellers. Who are some good dealers that have inventory of World Coins? Thanks in advance.
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I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
I guess Worldnumismatics. Com fir a while they had nothing but lately they had a large selection. Coinraritiesonline.com has few but good looking. Can be expensive. Atlasnumismatics. Com and NGCCOINS.COM
There are others for sure...
And if you are serious about 8 reales, time to join USMex.org
There might be other dealers, some in the forum, likely they will introduce themselves
BTW not to co fuse ngccoins.com with ngccoin.co.
And one piece of advice. Eight reales, many, are common (some are very rare) and the series are over 1100. So you should be selective on what you buy. The rare ones you have to buy when they come as otherwise you will not see them for Long time, if ever.
Thank you for the advice!!!
Successful buys/sales on BST board from NotSure, Nankraut, Yorkshireman, Astrorat, Ikeigwin(2x), Bob13, Outhaul, coinbuf, dpvilla, jayPem, Sean1990, TwoKopeiki, bidask, Downtown1974, drddm, nederveit2, ajann
What are your collecting goals? Start a type set of 8 reales, focus on one mint or type (Pillars, Portraits, etc)?
When I first started I wanted a type set of 8 Reales, then it became a Pillar denomination set, now 10 years later it is well everything.
Here is a registry set I worked with PCGS to create which may give you some ideas at least for the Spanish Colonial period:
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/multi-country/multi-country-type-sets/spanish-colonial-8-reales-type-set-circulation-strikes-1732-1824/6320
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My advice....be patient and do not buy a load of raw coins from eBay or settle for ugly coins. You can find coins in this space at really any budget.
Pick up a super choice AU58 Portrait for $500
Get a nice EF Pillar 8R for the same price or stretch a little more. Watch the areas above the crown for marks or graffiti. Or stretch and buy a nice AU58 for $1000 - $1500. Prices rocket up for nice MS62's ($2k) an 65's ($10-$25k).
Get a blazing luster later date Cap & Rays 8R in 63-65 for $350 - $1000 depending on grade and mint. Buy it for eye appeal these are common and come beautiful.
Find cool designs like the Central American Republic and Argentinian Sunface. My two favorite designs. Add to that the South Peru sunface.
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I would look for some reference books... Including Resplandors which covers the Cap & Rays... and developing an appreciation that will foster a reasonable expectation as to availability, quality and pricing. There is so much that it helps to have objectives and boundaries... But even that can be problematic depending on the frequency in which the right coin with the look is available. I prefer to buy sight seen at coin shows. Obviously that has become problematic.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
Thanks for the guidance. I have a good idea where I am going now.
Successful buys/sales on BST board from NotSure, Nankraut, Yorkshireman, Astrorat, Ikeigwin(2x), Bob13, Outhaul, coinbuf, dpvilla, jayPem, Sean1990, TwoKopeiki, bidask, Downtown1974, drddm, nederveit2, ajann