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1818 Mexico 8 Reales. Puzzled By Assayers Initials.

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You can see that the initials are "T.H." According to my research these are valid initials for some earlier dates. For 1818 I can only find the assayer J.J.


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Interesting. Numista seems to suggest that JJ or AG are possible with AG being the rare of the 2 for 1818, though I couldn't locate any photos of an 1818 Mo-AG

It feels like this might suggest it is a counterfeit (possibly contemporary), perhaps the maker was looking at two coins to make a copy and mistakenly took one that didnt match, though I am far from an expert on this
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Contemporary counterfeit!
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PNW and Realeswatcher, Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad I didn't resell it.
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RE: selling - there is definitely a market for these!
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