Jack's Mexican Charles III Portrait 8 Reales Hoard
1784MO FF


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Set Details
Origin/Country: MEXICO - TO 1823
Design Description:
Item Description: 8R 1784MO FF
Grade: NGC XF 45
Owner: jgenn
 
Winning Set: Jack's Mexican Charles III Portrait 8 Reales Hoard
Date Added: 6/4/2012
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

This coin is one of those special finds that is the exciting part about this hobby. The variety is scarce as it is the last appearance of the initials F.F. (assayers Francisco de la Peña and Francisco Arance Cobos) on the Mexico City 8 reales. The common variety of the 1784 feature the initials F.M. (for Francisco Arance y Cobos and Mariano Rodríguez). I had never seen this variety for sale and won it in the February 2012 Cayón Subastas, Madrid, Spain, Lot #839. It can take months to get coins from Cayón because they get official export licenses for each coin. Patience, however, is a part of this hobby too. I was rewarded when this coin got its XF-45 grade from NGC.

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