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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)

I had a guy at my table in Mexico City haggle over a couple of Pesos (1 Peso = 5 US Cents) after already having given him a good discount. That pissed me off on principle since someone who can afford… (View Post)

Despite these RPDs being quite common, I’ve never heard of anyone doing a study of them. Maybe someone in the Colombian Numismatic Society has done so or knows? Personally, I’ve researched such minut… (View Post)

Nice research and write up. Somebody told me (perhaps Heritage, who auctioned it) that coin #2 had been buried. In fact I believe in its first auction appearance (where Tarapaca bought it), it was ra… (View Post)

For coin #2: First appearance (HA Sep 2009 Long Beach auction) $13,800 where Tarapaca bought it. Sold raw. https://coins.ha.com/itm/chile/chile-republic-pattern-peso-1819-santiago-/a/3006-20492.s Sec… (View Post)