Help With A 1891 Mexican Reale Of 8 Mexico City

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TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 11/05/2008 8:32 pm I love the color of this coin, and it has cartwheel luster even though it is probably a shade darker than my images show. I think it has a assayer designation AM and a mintmark M there appears a small o which evidently is for the Mexico City mint. I suspect it to have uncirculated details but dare not grade. Can anyone clarify my coin dated 1891 and perhaps give a poke at a value? I think it would look a lot better if I took these images outside of the cello lined silver dollar size 2x2. I do not know what the small s mint mark like letter is for? Thank you! Another shot. EDIT NOTE: Thank you for the input jfransch. mintmark is Mo for Mexico City and the assayer is AM Edited by TNG 11/05/2008 9:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff

jfransch Pillar of the Community United States 1801 Posts	Posted 11/05/2008 8:41 pm It is a Mexican 8 reales, mintmark is Mo for Mexico City and the assayer is AM. It is a common date. Nice condition, hard to grade from your photo because of the lighting. $20-$30 coin is my guess. Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 11/05/2008 9:16 pm That most certainly looks like an Unc to me. Very nice! The ol' standard catalog says that it is about $60 in Unc. A great find. So how did you acquire this coin? Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 11/05/2008 9:27 pm Thanks for the compliment Archraz and response. If my memory is correct, I bought it at a local friendly Coin Club auction for 15 bucks about 15 - 20 years ago. It was in a brown 2x2 paper envelope and I left it there for another 10 years or so before putting it in the present holder. I don't think it got any darker the last 10 years in the paper flip but I would suspect it helped the toning process in the first place. Report this Post to the Staff
jfransch Pillar of the Community United States 1801 Posts	Posted 11/06/2008 12:16 am I guess I need to update my pricing. Nice coin you got there Whezydog. Any more 8's in your stash? Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 11/06/2008 09:45 am This is the only one I have, when I get a chance, I think I will get an airtight holder for it, and while it is out of this holder, update the images. Thank you again guys for the compliments. I have some other nice World coins I will be taking images of soon. I might actually list a couple batches on here for a CCF auction in the near future. Report this Post to the Staff
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