North/South/Central American Coins Thursday, let's see them!

I posted this coin when I first got it but I just now got it back from grading after leaving it in my tray for a while.

I believe this type is notable for being the first ever coin minted with the word "Guatemala" on it. According to Brian Stickney in A Monetary History of Central America it was minted from silver donated by the Catholic church at a fineness of .750 when all other circulating silver was to the colonial era standard.

A heritage auction listing for a different example states there are fewer than 30 confirmed surviving examples. Even if the real number is higher than that, I am glad to have my example.

Picked this one up recently, just popped on PCGS, AU55. Very pleased.

1944 2 1/2 struck for Curaçao at the Denver Mint. I picked this coin up for $25 at the start of September

I can add one more coin from my most recent submission. Came back details for the scratch but hard to complain since, well, it's scratched. The significance of this coin is the date of 1832, which in my experience has been much harder to find than 1831.

I think it's interesting to compare the positioning of the legend in this coin to the 1831 example directly above. It's rotated by about three letters if you look at where the volcano touches REPUBLICA. Meanwhile the reverse die appears to be the same, though on close inspection it might not be.

My second 8 r 1813, another stamp.

@MEJ7070 said:

@Boosibri said:
First time buying a coin at auction and seeing myself quoted on the flip attached.

That’s pretty cool.

Im looking forward to seeing what the Boosi pedigreed holders will look like!

Something like this....
 

Here is my first post to this thread. Picked this up recently and very happy once it arrived.

It's Thursday, here are some coins laying about

Coin from the Richard August Collection:

Plenty in the auction I had to pass on, but this one is special as it is unlisted in Yonaka, Gilboy, and Craig and Ponterio (reference below) in their US Mex article on varieties of Philip V 8 Reales. Coins shows "PHILIP Ɐ" variant, with an inverted A punch taking the place of the V:

Craig and Ponterio caught two additional varieties of Ɐ punches used in the 1737 8 Reales, but did not discuss this variety.

Reference: Craig, Freeman, and Kent Ponterio. March 2015. CHECKLIST OF SPANISH COLONIAL MILLED 8 REALES OF MEXICO PART 1 OF 5 – PHILIP V. US Mex Journal, Mar 2015, p. 12-15.

Jamaica in the house:

Fabulous luster in hand.

@realeswatcher said:

Most people won’t know what’s special about that coin.

The 1883 Flat top 3 was struck reportedly in 1925, but more likely in 1929, as compensation to Peru for the annexation of the city of Arica after the War of the Pacific which started in 1879. In 1883 the Peace Treaty of Ancon was developed, but wasn’t signed until 1929, making 1929 the most logical date for these to have been struck. The common date of 1925-1926 is often cited but I can find no reason to suggest this date.

New dies were created with the flat top 3 vs the original rounded 3 to signify the new retro-issue. These are struck in medal alignment. Reportedly 6 million were made, though few remain today and most that do are in MS grades.

I’ve been looking for one myself. Very difficult.

Silver 1908/7 Peruvian 1/2 Dinero.
Overdate, double struck and struck-thru.

@pruebas said:
Bringing this thread back to the north......

It's pretty rare these days that I can find something new for my main Mexican pattern collection. Due to a recent sale of another 1979 20 Pesos pattern at auction, this particular coin came out of the woodwork and thence to me.

There were many patterns made during this era due to currency devaluation and the resultant coinage changes, but they all are quite rare. This is the first 20P pattern that I know of that was made in the metal of eventual issue--copper-nickel--and with the intended edge design--incuse INDEPENDENCIA Y LIBERTAD, which is why it was purportedly found in a bag of regular issue coins.

It is similar to Krause KM-Pn217, but with a slightly different design. The issued coin was released in 1980 with a yet different design than this pattern.

It will go to PCGS later this year, and I will post a TrueView when obtained. But here is the raw photo and a corresponding trial already in my collection with this design.

My NEWP (still raw):

The existing trial in my collection:

This fortuitously popped yesterday (a Thursday), but I was too busy to post it here.

After almost 2 years, this piece I bought raw in Mexico City is finally slabbed (and still unique). PCGS SP66.

Interestingly, I met the discoverer in Monterrey during the show there last June. He was so happy it joined my collection.