Colonial Spanish Silver To ID (Id: Spanish Colonial 1/4 Reales And 1 Real From Mexico And Chile)

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thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 06:43 am First two (obv then rev) have been resized for greater detail. 1. 16mm approx. 1.30gms, possible date 1754 2. 17mm approx. 1.50gms, date 1810, 1 real? 3 34mm approx. 12.70gms, date 1812, 4 reales but I can't ID the country or mint. KM# ref would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16836 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 07:35 am #1: ½ real, Mexico (o over M mintmark for Mexico City), concur with 1754 date. KM# 67.1 #2: ½ real, Chile (o over S mintmark of Santiago), KM# 64. #3: 4 reales, Chile (Santiago again), KM# 67. Personally, I wish all the Spanish Colonial American coins were filed in Krause under one listing, so we wouldn't have to hunt back and forth through it looking for the right mintmark. 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
Pandesalapi Valued Member Philippines 386 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 08:24 am You may also notice the bust of King Carolus IIII done on the obverse of the last two coins. its because there was no available portrait of King Ferdinand VII during 1810 & 1812 so they used the portrait of the previous monarch, and to some 8 reales coins, they even used an imaginary portrait of King Ferdinand VII just to be able to continue minting silver coins even during the war. it was only 1814 coins that we are able to see the real bust of Ferdin VII. Report this Post to the Staff
fcrazo Pillar of the Community United States 651 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 4:17 pm The closest reference you can come to is the Spain, Portugal, and the New World catalog. Report this Post to the Staff
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