Newp - Mexico 1810 8 Reales HJ/TH overassayer
TwoKopeiki
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Picked-up tonight on eBay this nice 1810 over-assayer in an older NGC holder. While I already have an example of this variety in AU53, it's a different die pair and the over-assayer is not as prominent as today's example. HJ/TH over-assayers are observed with the Armored Bust series of Ferdinand VII with 1809, 1810, and 1811 dates. Personally, i really like seeing all 3 elements of the variety - T underneath the H, repositioned dot between assayer initials, and H under the J. This new coin shows 2 out of the 3 markers pretty clearly. I'll update the post with better images once i have it in-hand.
Yonaka calls this variety an R2 with four die pairs and five examples observed.
Both NGC and PCGS recognize this variety. However there's a reverse die that appears to be an HJ with a repositioned J that often gets called an HJ/TH. I've looked at a dozen or so examples of this reverse die and it appears a number of letters were repunched slightly to the right, including the 8 and R in the denomination.
Rutherford had an example of this reverse die that shows the repositioning pretty well:
Here are some other examples of this variety. Can you spot the different reverse dies?
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Interesting @TwoKopeiki
I am looking and looking my 8R for 1810 and I think is not over assayer.
Not an overdate or over-assayer, but a very appealing example.
Great and very helpful post TwoKopeiki! had added the coin to my watch list as it was a nice example, but I totally missed the overassayer. Glad you picked it up!
Thanks! The coin having a nice appeal definitely played into my decision to add another example of this variety to the collection