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Addition To My Spanish Colonial Collection -Santiago 2r 1803

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 Posted 11/21/2015  03:11 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add GERMANICVS to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I thought long and hard about this coin before deciding to finally push the button. It is a Santiago-Chile mint 2 reales, dated 1803.
As spanish colonial coin collectors know, Santiago mint is scarce and in better grades specially so. Santiago mint issues are also plagued with fakes, as discussed in this and various other threads, so there was the need to be specially cautious. This one actually discusses a 2R 1803, and it was very interesting to review.

https://goccf.com/t/173503&SearchTerms=chile,1803

Would greatly appreciate your opinions about this coin.

Thanks!


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 Posted 11/25/2015  11:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TwoKopeiki to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks great!
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Thank you, TwoKopeiki.
I have seen some of your 8 Reales. You certainly have an amazing collection!

This coin arrived today and it is very beautiful in-hand.
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Congrats! I just picked up a Bolivian 8R that I am stoked about, do can appreciate the enthusiasm.
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Thought I would post some additional images of the coin now that I have it in-hand. Here are also some images of the edge device (best I could).
I also plan to send this one in to NGC for encapsulation.
(For the price that I paid, I want to have some reassurance the coin is genuine!)

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