Latin America: What date series have you completed or still working on?
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I'm patiently working on the Central American Republic 8 Reales, a set I started about six years ago. For a date set, I'm one coin short at this point and I regret not bidding more aggressively on an example of it two years ago when I didn't quite appreciate its rarity. Since then I've only seen a few details coins come to market, and I reluctantly passed on them.
For all date, mint, and assayer combinations, I still need two coins. My set is also pretty much xf or better with the exception of my 1831-CR F, which is very low grade, so to be happy I'd probably need to upgrade that one too after finishing.
Fortunately for me there are other denominations and a lot of die varieties that have kept me busy while waiting to fill these last few holes.
Which date are you missing? 31 CR-E?
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I need the 1830 NG for the date run and it's been surprisingly tough. A cleaned one actually sold at heritage just a few days ago but I really didn't like the look of it and opted not to bid.
Together with the 1830, a CR-E would get me date/mint/assayer, but my CR-F is the low grade one and unfortunately a really difficult and expensive upgrade that I'll eventually have to go for.
Three CR-F’s coming to the ANA sale, a 55, 61 and 63
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Off-topic, but wow, lots for August up already... Looking at what's posted for it, there are some SERIOUS pieces in the auction (I guess THREE Costa Rica 8R in 55 or better kind of hinted at that).
What/whose collection is this??
https://coins.ha.com/c/search/results.zx?term=&dept=1909&auction_name=3125&mode=live
My 1984 Mexico collection is 98% complete (still missing 2 very rare test coins...), waiting to be photographed and put in a nice little book, there are around 150 coins, uncirculated, mint errors, tests and other stuff, like PL Libertads and some medals:
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I am assembling a Mexico 8R type set- and a Cap & Rays type set. I am also doing a Peso set 1918-1945 set. All three are through self-submissions through PCGS. I have doubts that I will not find an adequate 1918, 1919 or 1920 raw to submit. The comical thing about this peso project is that I am down to 4 - the other being 1932 which is fairly available in GEM but I still have not found the one.
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Cool! How are you defining your type sets?
The one above is my last edition to the Peso set
I am doing these through the PCGS registry... I do not see any of this as competitive just a way to share images of what exists and what is possible.
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I am still looking for the 1946 and 1946/5 Colombia 5 Centavos Bronze NOT Copper-Nickel for my set. They must be around somewhere, I just haven't found those places. If anyone knows where I could check, please let me know. TIA.
El salvador pesos 1892to 1914
Registry set complete with 6 pop tops.
about 45 years to find all the coins in high grade. Many dates struck in U.S.
after Morgans stopped being minted in 1904. Kept the mint making Dollar size coins for another 10 years under contract with Salvador!
Was able to add the 4 following coins Peru 1 reales 1762 (variety I needed...I own 3 types of 1762's now), 1765 (rare), 1768 (very rare/extremely rare) & 1772 (very rare/extremely rare). In 2 years I had not seen 1768 or 1772 and only one 1765 (seller was only selling within the USA).
A big thanks to a forum member here for selling me these 4 coins.
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One of them is listed as CR-F, but you can plainly see that it's an E. Another looks to me like a CR-E with the bottom of the E beyond the planchet. So probably really only one CR-F. And for those who don't know the series, the CR-E is far rarer than the CR-F, but the CR-F is rarer in mint state.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Uruguay, 1869-1895 issues. Since it was produced in Paris, I’m not sure how much of it ever made it to Uruguay. ?
Glad I have company - did a die comparison and I fully agree the cut-off assayer piece is from an (may be the only?) assayer E reverse die.
Picked up this date I needed. Slowly getting back to early milled Mexico 1 reales after a full focus on other Latin American early milled 1 reales (things are getting slow since have added many coins over the last 2 years) :
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