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I mistakenly posted the above to this thread thinking you were discussing non-Latin American coins, not just Victorian English coins. Since it’s already been posted here, I’m going to post the follow… (View Post)

I bought these a year ago, but never showed them here. They are US pieces made by the Knights Templar of Philadelphia. There is some relation to Mexico and I bought them for the beautiful rendition o… (View Post)

So there are now two newly-discovered, related Mexican pieces and after further research, I believe they both may be patterns for the 1982 silver Libertad onza. I have no doubt they are absolutely ge… (View Post)

I remember getting a 1986 proof for $6.00 at the Colorado Springs coin show because Tom Hallenbeck didn’t know what it was. (Maybe it was $3.00? Whatever it was, it was cheap!) (View Post)

In 2004, an ounce of silver was between $5.50 and $8.50. Let's take the average of $7. Per Krause, the bimetallic 100 Pesos coin had 16.812g of Sterling silver, hence 1/2 oz. of fine silver. In … (View Post)