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Offline ElleKitty

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Chopped Mex. 8 Reales 1884/3
June 14, 2008, 09:04:36 AM



This little beauty is a Mexican silver 8 Reales piece.  It's an overdate example, 1884/3.  Quite obviously, the piece circulated in China extensively.  I love this coin because the legends are perfectly legible, and the chops (at least the ones on top) are also legible.  Now if only I could read Chinese! Anyway, this is my coin fix for the month. :)  I picked up a few other little odds and ends, including a Fiji Florin in G, two Australian Florins in F/XF, a shilling and sixpence from the scrapbin, and two Indian pieces: a 1/2 1916 Rupee and a 1/4 1881 Rupee. :D

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Re: Chopped Mex. 8 Reales 1884/3
June 14, 2008, 09:42:01 AM
It looks like a target practice coin ;D

 

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Re: Chopped Mex. 8 Reales 1884/3
June 14, 2008, 10:57:17 AM
If only coins could talk, imagine the story this one could tell. (in between the screaming every time it got chopped LOL).


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Re: Chopped Mex. 8 Reales 1884/3
June 14, 2008, 11:35:04 AM
You should have seen the one I hope  go back for next weekend!  The coin has been chopped so much that it has a planchet crack running 2/3 of the way through it.  ^^  I just didn't have the $65 to spend on it this weekend. 

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