eclecticrelics Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 I am a new collector - starting w/ a long-stashed away box from my spanish professor father-in-law's south american & spanish collection - some of which he'd gotten from his father / relatives - others he'd picked up while travelling on sabbaticals. One particular coin I am trying to decode is an 1826 8 REALES thick silver coin (edges detailed) featuring volcanoes/sun on "Republica del Centro America" side & a tree on the "8 R" / "Libre Cresca Legundo" side. Below that it reads: "NG(dot)M(dot)10Ds(dot)20Gs(dot)" & that is what I am trying to decipher. Does NG this mean it is Gautemalan or Nicaraguan? Or neither? What does M mean? Does 20Gs mean 20 grams silver? What the heck is 10Ds mean? Any ideas on value? Help?! Curiously yours, C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Orc Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Hi hope that this helps a bit Mintmarks CR San Jose, Costa Rica G, NG Guatamala T Tegucigalapa, Honduras 1826 8R 27.0700g, .903 silver so I think the 20g refers to the weight I think that the M might well be the minters mark but I might be wrong. have included a link to a bit of the history of the country as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States...Central_America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclecticrelics Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Hi hope that this helps a bit Mintmarks CR San Jose, Costa Rica G, NG Guatamala T Tegucigalapa, Honduras 1826 8R 27.0700g, .903 silver so I think the 20g refers to the weight I think that the M might well be the minters mark but I might be wrong. have included a link to a bit of the history of the country as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States...Central_America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8realesgt Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Hi, I hope to help with this and will post also the page were I got it from: NG= Nueva Guatemala, as the capital was moved from Santiago de Guatemala (Antigua, Guatemala) to Valle de la Ermita (Guatemala City) in 1776. M= Manuel Eusebio Sánchez, assayer's mark as pointed out by De Orc Does 20Gs mean 20 grams silver? What the heck is 10Ds mean? It means= 10 dineros y 20 granos. I think you might have a typo were you wrote "Legundo"? it should read "Libre Cresca Fecundo", check and see if it is the 1826NG M, CRES/CCA as marked in the Krause book Km. 4 in Central America Republic. These pages might help: http://www.geocities.com/guatemalafederaci...americahis.html http://www.geocities.com/guatemalafederaci...troamerica.html Good luck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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