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1981 Mexico $1 Peso Open/Closed 8's

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 Posted 12/07/2008  5:13 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add 1gtsfan to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here are a couple 1981 Un Peso coins with different fonts. I'm not sure which one is more scarce. The reverse of the one with open 8 appears to be extra thick, but I don't see any doubling.

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 Posted 12/07/2008  6:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KurtS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting differences here!
At first, I was baffled by the 1981 20c "open 8", but now I get it...it's a stylistic convention from early colonial coinage:

Date from an 1810 8 Reale
1981-Mexico-$1-Peso-Open/Closed-8's

When this style is "modernized", it's a bit harder to see the stylistic connection. I thought it was damage at first:

1981 20c
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this was pretty cool for me, 1981 was when I was born.
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Kurt, if you will remind me about this thread, in a few days, (after I get the AC adaptor for mynew camera). I'll be able to post some pictures of a few coins, with DDO, DDR and some other details. Might even post a picture of the store, (if I can find them.
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