Abuelo's Collection

From the Mexico City mint...

Impressive

No, it does not apply to bronze, copper, or brass. Just the silver.

This is an impressive group. First half XX century (post revolution) Mexican coinage is common in high grade, but you have few keepers here. Really cool.

Many times

I am not aware of any "peso fuerte" minted with medal alignment instead of coin alignment. So I have 2 potential options: it is either fake, or the rarest variety for the series. I spent some time just now looking to few of the 1903 from Mexico City and all I saw was coin alignment.

Both have very different meanings, not sure they are meant to be compared.

Do I post here? Occasionally.

The most recent...

Nice coins @ELuis!

Yes, from the Rudman's sale. Not as common a coin, and in high grade compared to other surviving examples

From a very unpopular series, and only 400 coins minted...

I think I agree with @Zebo but it is also possible I am not bidding high enough.

This rarity, both absolute and condition, was recently adopted by Abuelo. The Emperor abdicated in March of 1823, and while his coinage did not stop production immediately, the coins were produced the same year making imperial coinage for the year rare. The coin has the characteristic cud in the bust (some examples have it very pronounced). I looked for this coin for years! And at MS64 I just cannot complain!

This very nice Mexican peso use to be in the Mexico Collection auctioned by Morton and Eden last year. Now is in Abuelo's 😎 These balanza pesos are very rare in high grade (this one is PCGS top pop) and very difficult to collect as they were minted in many many mints even if only for few years (as they were rejected by the Asian market).

Certainly not. But I do not see a coin with thousands of specimens as rarities. Cheers!

Fully agree @World Colonial. The TPG was just an example. I certainly own coins that have been in my collection already for four decades, as well as others that have been in my family for close to a century. But that should be another thread.

The coins from Guatemala are in general far less common than Mexico or Potosi as the country was not a silver producer. There are exceptions to this statement. But PCGS has graded none 2R for 1812 and NGC has a couple. Stuart had an AU. Heritage has one in its archives. So you can do the math. Issues from the late years of the colonial period are a bit more available. As far as the 1778, I am not aware that Guatemala minted 2R coins that year. There are likely many more Morgan dollars for one year, any year, than 2 reales for Colonial Guatemala for all years combined.

@World Colonial is absolutely right. If we call rarities modern coins that are minted at the 240,000 level, what are coins of which there are 5 specimens known?

This time, nothing esoteric, just plain pretty!

When it comes to Mexican XIX century coins every one goes after the 8 reales. But the decimal coinage is super nice. I have never seen one as pretty as this one before. And it is even more beautiful at hand...