Two Kopeiki Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Dos Centavos does have a nice ring to it, however, as a Russian, I must stick to my motherland currency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Хорошо, Я знаю, два копеикий! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Sweet! This forum supports cyrillic alphabet! Kласс! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Hahaha dos centavos odin centavos perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Hahaha dos centavos odin centavos perhaps? No that would be odin centavo, no plural. Proper "Spasian" is that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so and so Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotten Rodney Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grivna1726 Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 I've got this one: It used to be the Krause plate coin, but I see they're using a different picture now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 I've got a heck of a lot of Mexican coins and love them all, but these are my favs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Nice old coppers and I simply love that Caballito, Vfox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probonopublico Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Mexico 1/4 Real Mo 1863/53 L.R. Mexico Mint, NGC MS63 Only one graded by NGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 <br> 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 <br> 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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