Mexico Peso

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• pruebas Posts: 5,152 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 11, 2025 2:38PM

  @anthonythecoinman these are colloquially called Parral Pesos and they are almost always weakly struck (actually, from very shallow dies). RevMex expert Joe Flores has postulated a very logical explanation for this fact. He thought that the finished die had a multitude of concentric circles (from the lathe) making the coin look ugly, so they polished the dies to remove them lowering the relief causing what we see as a weak strike.

  This is a link to his discovery from 1999.

  The H in H del Parral stands for Hidalgo. As in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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• anthonythecoinman Posts: 142 ✭✭✭

  December 11, 2025 6:03PM

  @pruebas said:
  @anthonythecoinman these are colloquially called Parral Pesos and they are almost always weakly struck (actually, from very shallow dies). RevMex expert Joe Flores has postulated a very logical explanation for this fact. He thought that the finished die had a multitude of concentric circles (from the lathe) making the coin look ugly, so they polished the dies to remove them lowering the relief causing what we see as a weak strike.

  This is a link to his discovery from 1999.

  The H in H del Parral stands for Hidalgo. As in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico.

  Thank you so much Pruebas! I was so allured by the overall method of manufacture. I will read the PDF and get more insight!

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• SoCalBigMark Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 13, 2025 3:01AM

  I had heard some revolutionary coinage was made from a molasses railway car.

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• anthonythecoinman Posts: 142 ✭✭✭

  December 13, 2025 10:58AM

  @SoCalBigMark said:
  I had heard some revolutionary coinage was made from a molasses railway car.

  Jeez loueez. That is interesting! WOW! I will note this down in my post!

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