Posted 03/12/2015 7:28 pm
The little "Mexican Empire" item is a fantasy gold miniature. Sometimes these pieces are made of very dilute gold (8k or less), sometimes they're just gilt brass. It's designed to resemble what a tiny gold peso of emperor Maximilian I of Mexico might have looked like, if such a coin had ever actually existed.
That's actually the weight. Venezuela was one of the few countries that continued issuing coins to the old Latin Monetary Union standard after the Union collapsed at the start of WWI. The LMU standard silver unit (in Venezuela, called a "bolivar") was 5 grams of .835 fine silver; at 1.25 grams, this is a quarter-bolivar. NGC page.
No, it's not supposed to be yellowish-coloured. I can't tell if it's been gilded, or just exposed to a weird environment that made it turn yellow.
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The GR 1.25 is the denomination
The GR 1.25 is the denomination
That's actually the weight. Venezuela was one of the few countries that continued issuing coins to the old Latin Monetary Union standard after the Union collapsed at the start of WWI. The LMU standard silver unit (in Venezuela, called a "bolivar") was 5 grams of .835 fine silver; at 1.25 grams, this is a quarter-bolivar. NGC page.
No, it's not supposed to be yellowish-coloured. I can't tell if it's been gilded, or just exposed to a weird environment that made it turn yellow.
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