Posted 12/12/2010 10:59 pm
tumbleweedtrumpet Congratulations on your first Cap and Ray coin.
The coin is a 1 Reale not a 2R. You may be misreading the legend based on the shape used for the 1 - Go coins used a long sweeping serif in the early days. That digit is a 1. The die style is REAL - the coins made at Guanajuato were rather crude. The 1830 and 1831 issues are particularly crude and they used 2 very different eagle shapes on the 1 are coins.
Each denomination uses a distinctive eagle shape. You can usually identify the denomination from a photo of the eagle alone.
The coin is a 1 Reale not a 2R. You may be misreading the legend based on the shape used for the 1 - Go coins used a long sweeping serif in the early days. That digit is a 1. The die style is REAL - the coins made at Guanajuato were rather crude. The 1830 and 1831 issues are particularly crude and they used 2 very different eagle shapes on the 1 are coins.
Each denomination uses a distinctive eagle shape. You can usually identify the denomination from a photo of the eagle alone.
Edited by swamperbob
12/13/2010 4:27 pm
12/13/2010 4:27 pm
