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Posted 01/14/2016 02:53 am
-- John, Karl Stephens happened to mention that he sold someone a Central Amer. Rep. CC 8 Reales at the show... IIRC, he said for $350. He specifically mentioned it was not a counterfeit collector, but rather a CAR collector who had never seen one and just liked it.
Also, a 1785 GeoIII BOE piece in brass... I saw a 1795 brass (forget if it was Mex or Potosi) w/oval stamp in Aureo Calico's case. I know you've bought from their guy Lluis before... I talked to him (sort of through a translator) about a another topic and he gave me a very honest answer, which was appreciated.
Civitas does procure some interesting oddball stuff... I looked at a CC cob they had (an ex-Sedwick piece, I believe it said), that was sort of in the the style of an 1810s Venez. psuedo-cob 2R, and was that size... but marked with an "8" denom. between the pillars (perhaps an Indian forgery). He tends to be, though... somewhat pricey.
Did you see the silver struck Morelos 8R he had there?
-- Bob, on the pieces you were selling... On the better Mex. bust 8E, I wonder if the Pablo Gerber Mex. gold sale Heritage ran several months back may have sucked some wind out those short-term. RE: those Republic 8E... like with common bust 8E, the market has softened as gold has come down... and can be a tight margin to begin to begin with b/c they are kinda close to bullion. Of course, you know they'd ask $1000-1100 for them in their case.
God, those Durango 1819ish-1822 are a tangle to figure out... good note about identical punch elements vs. varied hand-engraved. War. of Ind. in general... I picked up an 1814 Guadalajara recently that is a distinct atypical bust style, yet certainly regal. Apparently there were FOUR distinct busts for the Ga pieces that year? What was the need for that many punches?!
"I bet his next stop was the row of authenticators from each of the grading services to see if I was right"
Wonder what variety of verdicts that brought... hopefully they could at least recognize the ubiquitous 1832.
Also, a 1785 GeoIII BOE piece in brass... I saw a 1795 brass (forget if it was Mex or Potosi) w/oval stamp in Aureo Calico's case. I know you've bought from their guy Lluis before... I talked to him (sort of through a translator) about a another topic and he gave me a very honest answer, which was appreciated.
Civitas does procure some interesting oddball stuff... I looked at a CC cob they had (an ex-Sedwick piece, I believe it said), that was sort of in the the style of an 1810s Venez. psuedo-cob 2R, and was that size... but marked with an "8" denom. between the pillars (perhaps an Indian forgery). He tends to be, though... somewhat pricey.
Did you see the silver struck Morelos 8R he had there?
-- Bob, on the pieces you were selling... On the better Mex. bust 8E, I wonder if the Pablo Gerber Mex. gold sale Heritage ran several months back may have sucked some wind out those short-term. RE: those Republic 8E... like with common bust 8E, the market has softened as gold has come down... and can be a tight margin to begin to begin with b/c they are kinda close to bullion. Of course, you know they'd ask $1000-1100 for them in their case.
God, those Durango 1819ish-1822 are a tangle to figure out... good note about identical punch elements vs. varied hand-engraved. War. of Ind. in general... I picked up an 1814 Guadalajara recently that is a distinct atypical bust style, yet certainly regal. Apparently there were FOUR distinct busts for the Ga pieces that year? What was the need for that many punches?!
"I bet his next stop was the row of authenticators from each of the grading services to see if I was right"
Wonder what variety of verdicts that brought... hopefully they could at least recognize the ubiquitous 1832.
