1881 MEXICO Silver "CAP & RAYS" 8 REALES With CHOP MARKS Choice & ORIGINAL COLOR

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1881 MEXICO Silver "CAP & RAYS" 8 REALES With CHOP MARKS Choice & ORIGINAL COLOR
1881 MEXICO Silver "CAP & RAYS" 8 REALES With CHOP MARKS Choice & ORIGINAL COLOR
Description
This is a choice, completely original,
“Crown”
or
“Silver Dollar”
size, .903 silver,
“Resplendado”
or
"Cap & Rays"
Eight Reales from the
"Second Republic of Mexico"
. It was struck for the export trade, at the Mexico City in 1881.
This coin circulated in the orient and has the
“Chop Marks”
that show it. The merchants there would commonly
"Chop Mark"
the coin both to assure themselves it was good silver and to advertise their businesses. These coins circulated and were readily accepted all over the world. They became a true
"trade coin"
in the tradition of the ancient Athenian
"Owls"
and the later
"Maria Theresa Thalers"
.
Weight: 26.91 Grams, 39 Millimeters, .903 Silver. Mintage: 5,712,000.
"Standard Catalog of World Coins"
(1801-1900)
by Krause-Mishler
.
#377.1
0.
Obverse:
REPUBLICA MEXICANA • Eagle, snake in beak, standing on a cactus. This, the national symbol of Mexico, stands for the Aztec legend that foretold they were to make a great empire in a marshy area where they would see a cactus with an eagle standing on it eating a snake. The site where this actually happened is now Mexico City.
Reverse:
LIBERTAD
(incuse)
• 8 R. • M
o
• 1881 • M. • H. • 10 D
s
• 20 G
s
• The M. H. are the initials of the mint assayers. •
“Resplendado”
or Radiant Liberty Cap on Rays. •
“Chop Marks”
.
Mexico used the medieval system of dineros and granos to measure the fineness of their coins, Twelve dineros designating pure silver with each dinero divided into 24 granos. A coin of 10 D
s
. 20 G
s
equated to .902777 fine.
The Coin:
A basically uncirculated coin, it looks like it took a boat trip, came right back and got put away. Beautifully, fully original, it has never been cleaned. As grading is subjective, please see the pictures and judge for yourself.
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