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 Posted 12/27/2024  8:32 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Wonder1003 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I need help identifying a Mexican coin - blank on one side,
and the other side has "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" upright eagle with what appears to be a upside down "J" underneath the eagle. It weights 7.41.
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to the CCF, Wonder1003! There shouldn't be any marks in that area of the obverse, so I suspect that it's just damage. As for identifying your coin, can you provide the diameter and a picture of the reverse? The only Mexican coin in that weight range with the eagle obverse would be a 1935 50 Centavos. That coin should weigh 7.973 g and has a cap-and-rays reverse, which may be what I'm seeing on your coin. If so, the weight discrepancy would be explained by wear / damage.
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Can you show us the blank side? Things are not adding up with your coin being original......

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Around the edge of the coin says "Independenciay Libertad"
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I can see that your coin is a 50 Centavos like the following. Rotate it about 120 degrees CW and you'll see the match.
I'm still thinking that the mark on the obverse is damage of some sort.
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the mark on the obverse is damage of some sort.

Looks like a strike through - "J" = Pareidolia
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Being sanded flat on the 50 Centavos side may account for the missing weight.
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To CCF! I'm thinking the low weight has to do with circulation wear and as well as it being sanded down.
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