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Libertad Pillar of the Community Canada 3692 Posts	Posted 06/12/2014 2:28 pm Are there any good guidelines for grading 8 Reales? I'm looking at "LIBERTAD" on the cap, the breast feathers on the eagle, and the faces of the snake and the eagle, dings around the rims/edges. I have my guesses on what these grade at but I want some unbiased opinions. Thanks. That 96 is loaded with die cracks and the 42 has a bit of verdigris on the cap. Another question. I've noticed that in the 96 coin the details are crisper and not just because it's newer. The legend saying "REPUBLICA MEXICANA". So my question is: during what year/s did the quality of 8 Reales coins get better? Report this Post to the Staff

Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 06/12/2014 3:01 pm Larger, individual photos are needed to make any accurate grading assessments. That said, the one on the right appears to be the best, likely at least AU. The other two look to be around F to VF, but again, it's really hard to tell for sure from these pics. Colligo ergo sum Edited by Lucky Cuss 06/12/2014 3:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Libertad Pillar of the Community Canada 3692 Posts	Posted 06/12/2014 3:37 pm The problem here is that we're capped at 100kb per image, otherwise I have some great pictures at 2-3MB each. Let me try again in a bit. Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 06/12/2014 3:51 pm 100kb is good enough, they just need to be of one coin, not a strip of three. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
Libertad Pillar of the Community Canada 3692 Posts	Posted 06/12/2014 4:32 pm http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums...7efefa2c.jpg http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums...688b136d.jpg I hope those links work for y'all, if not I'll recrop the whole thing. Report this Post to the Staff
Libertad Pillar of the Community Canada 3692 Posts	Posted 06/13/2014 5:13 pm Individual pics uploaded now! Please help with grading and original post, thank you. 1842 Sol 1842 Aguila 1861 Sol 1861 Aguila 1896 Sol 1896 Aguila Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 06/13/2014 7:47 pm My opinion, for what it's worth: !842 Zs - cap pretty worn but well defined rays, traces of the snake's body across the eagle's breast. Maybe just sneaks in at VF20. 1861 Zs - eagle's head lacking all detail, body quite smooth, cap legend illegible, but rays inexplicably again very nice and minimally worn legend. I'll go VG8, but if somebody else thought it was F12, well, there's certainly an argument that could be made for that. 1896 Zs - a couple of prominent flat spots on the eagle's lower body, but AU50 not out of the question since it's so crisp otherwise. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
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