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Early Numismatic Christmas Present To Myself.

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 Posted 12/02/2011  12:43 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add TwoKopeiki to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Feeling very disappointed with myself for sleeping through the first 20 minutes of the Leunda sale and missing the 1813/2 Guadalajara 8 Reales that had my eye on ever since I received the catalog, I decided to go all out and get myself something from that sale that I can be happy to make a part of my collection.

Haven't seen this type come-up for auction in a long while, so decided to pick it up if nobody else entered the bidding. Calbeto simply lists it as very rare with 3 to 5 known examples. Krause (and all sites using NumisMaster) has it for moon money and only up to VF. Heritage doesn't have a recorded sale of this type in their online archives.

It's an 1814/3 Mexico 8 Reales. What makes it a very rare piece are the assayer initials HJ (Henrique B. Azorin + Joaquin Davila Madrid), instead of the common JJ (Joaquin Davila Madrid + Jose Garcia Ansaldo).

I hope the catalog images are accurate and it has that gray original skin. I'm nervous because I have been deceived by Aureo images in the past. I'll post my own shots once it arrives.

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Canada
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 Posted 12/02/2011  5:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Apollo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well it must be cool to own a piece that has only 3-5 examples and looks pretty nice.
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 Posted 12/02/2011  7:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MathieuMa to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, that's what I call a christmas present ! :D
I wanted the 8 reales from reyes catolicos -> too high ... same for the Santa Maria 8 reales ... same for the other non cob early 8 reales :D
I actually managed to snag some nice lots - and started the Ferdinand VII set (I had none till now)

Lots won : 0584, 0369, 1537, 0521, 1406 and 1543 :)
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Australia
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 Posted 12/03/2011  03:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add turtleoverhead to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My personal Santa gave me this one:

Henry VI.
Groat, Calais mint 1430 -- 34
ex Reigate hoard, discovered 1990


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France
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 Posted 12/03/2011  03:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MathieuMa to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow, this coin is beautiful, and in an excellent conservation !
I've just read about this hoard ... I wish I could see one someday - even a small one (not for it's value, but for the pleasure of finding it and documenting the coins :D)
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 Posted 12/04/2011  04:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bacchus2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That groat is outstanding.
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