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What mints made 18th century Spanish reales?
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Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:17 pmby uthminsta
I can't seem to find a good source of information on which mints made the Spanish silver coins of the 18th/19th centuries. I know Mexico City did, and Lima, Peru... seems I had one from Guatemala before... but when you get right down to it, what I REALLY need is a visual resource showing all the mint marks that would have been on the coins.
The big Krause book doesn't list them all in one place, because they are from different countries. But if you don't know which countries MADE them, you wouldn't know where all to look in the Krause book...
This seems like a valuable enough resource that such information should be collected together somewhere!!! Anyone???
Re: What mints made 18th century Spanish reales?
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Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:30 pmby AGCoinHunter
Interesting, I though I had seen some info on this on the coin community family website. Cant seem to find it now...
Just another though, might want to post this question over there and see if one of their experts on reales knows. Might be worth a shot.
Did run across this though off of another site.
Where can I find a list of 1792 spanish gold 8 Escudo mint marks on the WEB?
'Probably not all in one place yet. If you are interested in Spanish Numismatics you might want to get a copy of Numismatica Española by F. Calicó. All thirty-eight New World and Old World Spanish mint marks and their variations are listed. You might want to check you local coin shop to see if they have a copy of this very useful volume or contact the distributor directly at:
Gabinete Numismático
Calicó Plaza del Angel. 3.
Barcelona-2
España
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Hope that helps...
Re: What mints made 18th century Spanish reales?
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Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:40 pmby AGgressive Metal
Let me know too if you find something - I have over half a dozen 8 Reales now...
Re: What mints made 18th century Spanish reales?
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Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:51 pmby uthminsta
Did a little looking and found these so far. COUNTRY, Mint, mint mark description...
BOLIVIA - Potosi - mint mark looks like the letters P, T, S intertwined
CHILE - Santiago - mint mark is S with a small o above it
COLOMBIA - ??? -
GUATEMALA - ??? - mint mark is NG
MEXICO - Mexico City - mint mark is M with a small o above it.
PERU - Lima - mint mark looks basically like the letters ME.
SPAIN - Madrid - mint mark is M with a crown above it.
(others I saw mentioned: ARGENTINA? PORTUGAL?)
Thanks AGCoinHunter. I'll check that out...
Will be adding more mints and pics of mint marks as I can. This is a reference that needs to exist already.