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This is a modest collection of second millennium gold coins of Mexico from the mid 19th to the mid 20th Century
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REPUBLIC OF MEXICO
8 Escudos - 1857 - Mo
KM-383.9 - 27,07 g
The obverse has the Liberty hat on a pole over an arm writing in the LEY (Law) book. At the top is the Spanish legend LA LIBERTAD EN LA LEY (Liberty in the Law). At the bottom is the denomination 8 E, the mintmark Mo (for the Mexico City mint), the date 1857, the assayer's initials G.F., and 21Q denoting the gold fineness. The reverse has the national arms and the Spanish legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Mexican Republic).
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Escudos - 1862 - Go
KM-383.7 - 27,07 g
The obverse has the Liberty hat on a pole over an arm writing in the LEY (Law) book. At the top is the Spanish legend LA LIBERTAD EN LA LEY (Liberty in the Law). At the bottom is the denomination 8 E, the mintmark Go (for the Guanajuato mint), the date 1862, the assayer's initials Y.E,, and 21Q denoting the gold fineness. The reverse has the national arms and the Spanish legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Mexican Republic).MEXICAN EMPIRE
MODERN FANTASY TOKEN - 1865
0,49 g - 10 mm
This token was made about 1965 in Mexico. It has an image of Emperor Maximilian with the legend MAXIMILIANO EMPERADOR. The reverse has a crowned eagle with IMPERIO MEXICANO around the top half and a wreath around the bottom half with a date 1865 below the eagle.
The token is smaller than the 1 Peso pieces and weighs about 30% of a peso coin. There are several versions of this FANTASY piece that are being sold on eBay by unscrupulous dealers. Some of the more recent ones are hideously amateurish in their obverse design such as this one:
The reverse has a 333 that probably denotes the gold fineness which means this piece has no more the €2 (or two U.S. dollars) of gold. Yet, these FANTASIES are selling in the range of €40 to €50!
This item is purely a fabrication, it is not a coin nor is it a replica of a coin. It is merely a figment of someone's imagination and the pity of it all is that many people are purchasing this item thinking it is a coin. One dealer on eBay who sells the amateurish design always keeps the bidders' IDs private so as to prevent honest dealers from disclosing these facts to the unwary bidders (interestingly, most of his auctions on real numismatic items do not have IDs hidden!)
MEXICAN REPUBLIC
20 Pesos - 1872 - CH
KM-414.1 - 33,84 g - 34 mm
Mintage - 995
The obverse has the Liberty cap snd balance scales with the word LEY (Law). The legend has the mintmark CH (for Chuhuahua), rge assayer's initial M, the denomination VIENTE PESOS (20 Pesos), and the fineness .876. The reverse has theMexican arms with the Spanish legend REPUBLICA MEXICANA (Mexican Republic) at the top and the date 1872 at the bottom.If you would like to see additional Mexican gold coins, please click here - Page Mexico 3
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