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Poking around on the Bank of Mexico's highly useful Numismatic Collection database... 1842 Potosi 8R and nearby years seem mostly right as prescribed in terms of weight. Select Advanced Search (Busqu… (View Post)

All fascinating pieces, @MrEureka! Gonna necessitate careful study with some strong dark beer this evening/weekend... First quick observation - along with what @genosse said - #2 is curious. The only… (View Post)

The denomination "I", rather than "2", is visible on both sides - it's just a large, heavy 1 Real as made. A decent amount over (or under) prescribed weight is occasionally observ… (View Post)

Cayon was doing it 10+ years ago, and it indeed made shipments take approx. 2 months... the other Spain houses generally did not. Maybe the gov't is applying some pressure. (View Post)

Well, that "1768" that went up today is, by its execution/fabric, some sort of modern concoction... As such, it's really more properly a tribute or imitation rather than a numismatic "… (View Post)