Got any Mexicans?

[Two Kopeiki]

Weirdly enough - most came from small, local coin shows in Ontario. There are a few eBay purchases, but only from trustworthy sellers, since it's a heavily-counterfeit area.

[Scottishmoney]

Weirdly enough - most came from small, local coin shows in Ontario. There are a few eBay purchases, but only from trustworthy sellers, since it's a heavily-counterfeit area.

 

 

Uh oh, I think if you collect the Mexicans, perhaps we will call you Dos Centavos

[Two Kopeiki]

Dos Centavos does have a nice ring to it, however, as a Russian, I must stick to my motherland currency

[Scottishmoney]

Хорошо, Я знаю, два копеикий!

[Two Kopeiki]

Sweet! This forum supports cyrillic alphabet!

 

Kласс!

[Scottishmoney]

It just doesn't support Cyrillic usernames ie Україна Двi , so mine had to be changed At least we speak right language here at home, with Ukr words slipping in where they are easier.

[gxseries]

Hahaha dos centavos

 

odin centavos perhaps?

[Scottishmoney]

Hahaha dos centavos

 

odin centavos perhaps?

 

 

No that would be odin centavo, no plural. Proper "Spasian" is that.

[Two Kopeiki]

I might consider becoming Dos Pesos, at some point, since the 1921 pictured in this post with the Nike on it is my most favorite design on Mexican coinage.

 

Scottishmoney, you're Ukrainian? I've spent quite a few years living in Zaporozhye.

 

~Roman

[Scottishmoney]

Your a central Northerner, cannot imagine living in that Arctic wilderness up there. For me I prefer the gentle warm breezes of the Dnestr where the Chornoye More laps against the sifting sands and civilisation in Europe began. Paradise on earth.

[Two Kopeiki]

Your a central Northerner, cannot imagine living in that Arctic wilderness up there. For me I prefer the gentle warm breezes of the Dnestr where the Chornoye More laps against the sifting sands and civilisation in Europe began. Paradise on earth.

 

I know what you mean - I've spent quite a few summers on the Black Sea... It's gorgeous...

[Scottishmoney]

I would move back there in heartbeat, but while rest of us live easy there, my better half doesn't speak the language and not like it there.

[so and so]

Thanks, guys. Gxseries - I like your icon. That proof Soviet 150 Roubles has to be platinum or palladium, since at that time silver commems were in the 1-5 Rouble face value.

 

Here are some of my Mexicans. I wouldn't go into early colonial stuff (cobs, pillars, portraits), but start with my favorite area - War of Independence:

 

This is a double-counterstamped issue, using the same punch as KM#289, except with a 1 Reale host, instead of 2 Reales listed in Krause:

 

 

 

So here's a question. What would you call this coin? What's the value, and what's an estimated date?

[Two Kopeiki]

Those are pretty good questions, So and So. I've started asking myself those when I first acquired it and was looking to authenticate the counterstamp. I've contacted a number of Mexican Colonial experts and Don Canaparo from Hawaii had this to say:

 

hello, looked at the photo. i was wondering what you needed to know about this. i'm familiar with the c/s's on 1 & 2 reales. this eagle c/s of course also appears on 8 reales and actually is S.C.M.J. in full. i'm assuming your example 's c/s's are struck and therefore genuine. the most common accompanying c/s for the eagle of this type is the ornate M.d.S. i personally doubt the C.M.S. c/s from the same period. the eagle i believe is a war of independence era c/s as is the M.d.S., the C.M.S. appears more modern, a hacienda or municipal in the same region and later period perhaps? as always it's hard to say conclusively about that. i hope this helps in some way. sincerely-don

 

So, I guess we can't date the host, since it's so worn. But S.C.M. counterstamp appears to be dated 1811-1824 (War of Independence). As far as denomination - I would go with 1 Reale.

[Rotten Rodney]

[grivna1726]

I've got this one:

 

It used to be the Krause plate coin, but I see they're using a different picture now.

[Vfox]

I've got a heck of a lot of Mexican coins and love them all, but these are my favs.

 

[Two Kopeiki]

Nice old coppers and I simply love that Caballito, Vfox!

[Vfox]

Thanks Two Kopeiki, that's actually one of my newer purchases, I absolutely love it. I also really like the newer onza coins with the multi eagle reverse, a beautiful coin if you've ever seen one. I'll try to get a pic up later.

[Two Kopeiki]

[Art]

Great stuff!

[Two Kopeiki]

Vfox inspired me to image my only 19th Century Mexican Copper, which is an 1867 Potosi Quartilla.

 

 

Do these count? They were all minted in Mexico City

 

 

 

[probonopublico]

Mexico 1/4 Real Mo 1863/53 L.R. Mexico Mint, NGC MS63

Only one graded by NGC.

[Vfox]

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Mexico 1/4 Real Mo 1863/53 L.R. Mexico Mint, NGC MS63<br>

Only one graded by NGC.

Cool coin, never even knew it existed. I like how plain the Obv is, rather unusual.

[Two Kopeiki]

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Mexico 1/4 Real Mo 1863/53 L.R. Mexico Mint, NGC MS63<br>

Only one graded by NGC.

 

It's a nice, tiny little coin. Did you get it from North East Numismatics, by any chance? I believe I saw a couple of graded examples on their site a few months back...