Republica Del Centro De America 1847 8 Reals Coin Help

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scott3270 Pillar of the Community United States 1116 Posts	Posted 05/22/2008 8:31 pm can someone give me more information about this coin my grandfather has given his coins to me and there is a few I have questions about I will be posting the others obviously this is from central america but from what country or was central america united at this time. also what is the value of this coin please help if you know anything about this coin. also the reverse of the coin says libre cresca fecundo n g.a.10 d s. 20 g s. what does all this translate to Image: 100_5688.jpg 49.02 KB Image: 100_5691.jpg 47.14 KB Edited by scott3270 05/22/2008 8:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 05/22/2008 9:21 pm KM #4, 0.7859 oz silver, minted in Guatemala City. Krause lists the values at F-$40 VF-$75 XF-$200, but I think they undervalue it. I believe that libre cresca fecundo roughly means grow free and fertile. That appears to be a very nice example. How much detail is left on the tree? Is there any way to turn off the flash and back-light for a better picture? Report this Post to the Staff
scott3270 Pillar of the Community United States 1116 Posts	Posted 05/22/2008 10:36 pm sorry this is the best I can do I dont have the greatest camera and I'm not a great picture taker there is no dings or marks on the coin and the only parts of the tree that have wear are the bottom left corner witch is nearly smooth and the bottom right witch has very minimal wear my grandfather has it graded as fine but I dont know how good his grading skills are. what do you think the value is if you think it is undervalued thanks for your help Image: 100_5709.jpg 40.48 KB Image: 100_5712.jpg 34.17 KB Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 05/23/2008 2:50 pm I can't grade your coin from the pics, but here is an auction for a similar coin from Heritage: http://cgi.liveauctions.ebay.com/51...hZ007QQitemZ 170222193747QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW Follow the auction. They estimate $350 on the low side for the same date in XF. I've been looking to buy one of these for quite some time. I just haven't been willing to shell out the cash for it. Report this Post to the Staff
scott3270 Pillar of the Community United States 1116 Posts	Posted 05/23/2008 3:05 pm thanks for the link I will see how high it goes but I'm not going to sell it because as I said my grandfather gave me his coins are coins always under valued in the krause listings Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 05/26/2008 03:56 am Quote: scott3270 asked: this is from central america but from what country or was central america united at this time. In case it's not clear from the previous postings, the answer is yes, at the time this coin was struck, Central America, meaning all the countries currently between Mexico and Panama (excluding the British colony of Belize), were politically united into one country, the Central American Republic, and it is under that name these coins are listed in the Krause catalogue. Founded in 1823 after the collapse of the First Mexican Empire, it never really existed in the hearts and minds of most of it's people, and was formally abolished in 1841, by which time all but one of the member states had seceded. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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