Two Kopeiki

Here's another 1772, before 1771 gets posted German States, Baden - 1 Thaler

My collection is pretty slim when it comes to 18th Century - 1763, 1767, 1772. Out of those, last 2 are Thalers and the first is a 5 Russian Kopecks. Notes are allowed, as well, correct?

Thanks, Vfox The '99 actually has more luster than the '98. The '98 appears to have been cleaned/dipped at some point and is re-toning.

My turn to play: 1799 Mexico City - 8 Reales: 1798 Mexico City - 8 Reales: 1797 Mexico City - 8 Reales:

elverno, that 20 Kreuzer looks quite lustrous! I have also never seen the Creutzer from Canton of Neuchâtel before. Very cool!

elverno - love that Napoleonic Spain Peseta! My favorite tiny coin - 1809 1 Reale from Mexico City:

1813 8 Reales from Mexico City mint, struck on a bowed-in (tapered) planchet:

1814 8 Reales from another War of Independence mint at Guadalajara (no dot before HISPAN variety): 1814 8 Reales from another War of Independence mint at Guadalajara (standard variety):

1815 8 Reales from the same mint:

Nice U.S. pieces, guys! Here's an 1816 8 Reales from Durango mint in Mexico (War of Independence issue): ~Roman

Very cool overdates, guys Here's the 1823 piece I mentioned before: Here's a bit of history for those that are unfamiliar with this mint: Palma De mallorca is a capital of the Balearic Islands, and was reconquered from the Arabs by James I in 1229. James II was the first to coin gold and silver reales, as well as doubloons and denars of silver alloy, at this mint. The Islands constituted a separate kingdom for somewhat more than a century. Then, under the reign of Peter IV of mallorca, the islands passed to the crown of Aragon. Subsequently, with the unification of Castille and Aragon upon the marriage of Fedinand and Isabella, the Islands were incorporated to the kingdom of Spain. The Palma de mallorca Mint struck mainly small coins. It was not until the invasion of the mainland by Napoleon's troops that a large silver piece, the "30 sous", equivalent to the Eight Reales, was coined. In 1821, due to an epidemic that kept Palma de mallorca isolated, it was necessary to coin again. This special currency bears an appropriate legend: SALUS POPULI. In 1823 appears the last local coinage, reflecting the political changes of the time, since the five pesetas piece of this issue comes in two variants, one with and one without the inscription "Constitucion".

That's a very cool one, elverno! I have an 1823 Palma de Mallorca piece I could post once 1824 has been posted. In fact, big chunk of my collection is 1800-1821 ~Roman

ANACS assigned it a net grade of EF30, which I don't really agree with. It was net graded due to planchet corrosion (looks like black specks on the picture, actually tiny "digs" in the surface) The reason I sent it in, though, was to authenticate, not grade. It's already out of it's slab and resting in a 2x2 in my album I was quite sure it was authentic, but since it appears to be a variety with a small star before "8R", instead of a large star listed in "Resplandores" - I wanted to be sure.

Thanks, Prethen. Life was hard for these early Zacatecas pieces. Hard to find one that's not corroded and better than VF condition.

Sure thing - here it is:

Prethen, that's a gorgeous Zacatecas 1828 8 Reales. I have an 1826 example, which I love.