Central American Republic Coins And Related 1824 - Abt 1860

This is the 1830 T F one Real struck in Honduras. It is common and about the size of a nickel.

The 1829 provisional is scarce and somewhat expensive. I have seen four or five specimens and so far have identified only one die pair. One of mine was holed and gold plated. (see below)

So far as I can determine the bulged die is only a later state of the flat die so only one die pair for these 1892 reals. However I need to study the coins a bit more before I am certain of the previous statement.

Hello Jay, in response to your question at the start of this thread, I collect a sample or two. Specialize in Mexico with a weakness for colonial and first reform.

But there are some outstanding central and south American crowns, the foremost being the CAR 8R. Just won a 1837 Peru Cuzco 8R at the Baltimore auction. Looking for a decent Chile volcano peso.

In regards to CAR, does anyone know the history of the outstanding 1/4Rs on the market? Gem 1830s and 40s.

Posting a photo of my CAR 8R and a Guatemala peso. I really like the guns and swords and bird and whatever else is in the design.

Jay, that 2nd 1845 cuartillo is sharp! I assume the die break is the blob between the 1st and 2nd mountains?

Also, is that 5 struck over something?

I guess I'll join the party, this is my only coin I own that's denominated in reales. It's 2 reales from 1847 - it was priced at $8.50 and listed as AG, but I bought it with many other cheap coins and the dealer halved the price because I looked young and impressionable! Well, I appreciated it for about $4. My logic was that since this coin looked really crude, it probably suffered not from wear but a crappy strike and would be graded higher than AG. I think I was right! I thought it was a contemporary counterfeit, but it looks like all Honduras coins of this era look awful. The high points look like copper showing through from underneath a thin silver wash, but I think the coin's really low fineness is to blame. With the amount of silver in it it is not really worth counterfeiting...

RealesWatcher. The blob on the 1845 Quartilla is a progressive die break. The seller thought it was solder from a button. I will check on the "5".

The 1845 Quartilla date is not struck over something. Just a spot of toning.