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Rest in Peace
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1773 Spanish 8 Reales MoFM with the assayer initials inverted and 1772 Spanish 8 Reales MoFM with the assayers initials inverted as MF instead of FM (how much did that mint worker have to drink at lunch that day?) Isn't the Mo also inverted? |
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Pillar of the Community
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1766 Bavaria 'Madonna and Child' thaler. It's tough to find one of these without the adjustment marks.  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is from Austria I think. It Has a medal orientation.    |
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 Australia
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'Tis from Hungary, not Austria, Larry. Same monarch, different kingdom.  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
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, that was a pretty narrow window for 1770. Here's my pillar dollar, slightly out of sequence.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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BiggFredd
Yes the mintmark is also inverted. Bad day for quality control at the Mexico City mint. All of the 1772's have some issue, the 1773's come inverted and correctly oriented. By 1774 they had corrected all the errors.
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Pillar of the Community
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btw, you can use any dating system, not just AD.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Some drunk, only took them two years to sober up.
Thanks!
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Mexico
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Come on 1765....you are out there....anyone?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I had to quit at 1820 but have enjoyed seeing the amazing pieces all of you have been posting. I have a bunch of non-US/Canada pieces but never really paid any attention to them and, certainly, never had anything as old as what is being posted here. I am awed by some of these designs.
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Netherlands
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Come on 1765....you are out there....anyone? Ok, another VOC duit this time from Utrecht..  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't own a duit. My collection is incomplete.  1764:   Now I'm out for the next fifteen years. |
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Australia
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1763 Russia 2 kopeks. The reverse looks a bit messy, because it's been overstruck on a 1762 2 kopeks of Peter III. You can still see the "2" from the old date, where the body of the knight should be.
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
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Two different prancing horse coins in a row!  ..Anyone care to make it three? |
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