8 Reales & Un Peso - Coins of Mexico

[@Rob_Fordd]

Most people don't realize that the Mexico City Mint has a pedigree to rival many centuries old European ones, having been the first in the New World all the way back in 1535.

[@meteoman7958]

Back in 1972, I visited a bullion shop in Mexico city and was blown away by the amount of 8 Reales and un Peso coins available for the equivalent of $3.05 each. I ended up with a flight bag full of coins dating from 1829GoMJ to 1909MoGV all in AU to MS64 condition. It was apparently illegal to take these coins out of Mexico, but I innocently went through an unmanned customs at 6am and flew home with them. Sadly, many of those coins got sold in 1980, but I still have the best ones. Subsequently, I have added many BU examples of peso coins from 1920 up to the Libertads. My grandfather, who grew up in Newfoundland, gave me two 8 Reales coins from 1805 and 1815 that circulated freely in that Dominion.

[@waydeepinside]

Wow - very interesting history - very real keepers !

[@rudydeperio6668]

I just started collecting coins and looking around to see what I want to collect. You did a great job explaining the history of the coin and the meaning of the marks. I will collect these. Thanks!

[@jeffshaw4039]

I really like the Mexican coinage and collect them too.

[@thegoodson579]

I have sir

[@tylonnplatinumthe3rd659]

I’d really like to see you show some Thalers, Daalders, Roubles, and Pillar dollars that’d be really cool I really like the 8R and Un Pesos and have been adding some nice examples to the collection lately

[@shekatagani]

Cool coins! Nice history by you too.

[@SilverWalker84]

The 8 Reales have the coolest edge design and so much information directly on the coin. Great vid

[@davemuse419]

Cool. I dug a 1836 8 reales in Florence Alabama while metal detecting where they had tore down an old plantation home. I guess they circulated in the South East as well. Thanks for sharing.

[@edwardblasingame9002]

Interesting! To BAD as a kid growing up seeing these spent in NEW MEXICO and all the Constitutional Silver we spent thinking it would always be around! WOW!

[@harryscoinsvillage786]

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[@BJones-md4ed]

Ooooo! One of my very favorite world coins. Thanks for this. The edges on the 8 Rs are so great.

[@joeramirez709]

Geek, what a great video on coinage that doesn't get enough recognition. The America's oldest MINT. Good pronunciation I might add.

[@constitutionaljb1751]

Love the simple art work on the eagles.

[@stevenhigby3512]

I love them more then morgens. I have been collecting them for over 20 years.

[@thegoodson579]

I have sir

[@Ontario100]

Really nice coins with so much history attached. I do not collect them at present. But, that might change soon. 😉 Thanks!

[@scottcahala7779]

Those are cool. I like the difference between the Coins. Each one is different. Thanks for sharing.

[@ehrenkrause9861]

Love Mexican coins. I've been looking to add more of the own pesos and 8 reals. Got a couple of them but I don't see him pop up too often. And it seem like I almost have to go out of state just to go to a coin show

[@Ayala_411]

I picked up some 1oz bars from Old Pueblo coin a few years ago when I was a missionary in Tucson, great little spot!

[@pinoybullionstacker]

Thanks for sharing. Nice review. I have one of each coming on the way. :)

[@TtheSilverStacker]

Excellent video. Very educational. Thank you!!!

[@tanner6868]

More on these 8 reales libertads please. With so many varieties, and information less readily available, it's hard to know what to look for. I just go by individual coin appeal, collecting different mints, and with cool chop marks. Also like the Spanish 8 reales minted in Mexico.

[@waynemaas7517]

Great educational video.

[@williamokeson2154]

Buying more and more foreign coins... Love them...

[@silverdrillpickle7596]

Awesome presentation. Thank you.

[@TheQuickSilver101]

Those are pretty neat, I'll have to see if I can get my hands on a few. I've collected Morgan dollars for over 30 years (I'm in my 40s) and I still love them so I doubt I'll ever be tired of them. That doesn't mean I'm not up for collecting other coins. Also, funny Star Wars references! 😂

[@eduardojrarche7022]

I have one with star or cross next on the beak of the bird how much would you price it?

[@danganz8153]

Very interesting, thanx for the info and sharing

[@Mr82C]

Thank you for this knowledge 🙏

[@Juan_Doooh]

Love them, been collecting them for ages, still have yet to send any for grading.

[@Djroma2010]

Man I missed a huge opportunity buying a ddo with chop marks. I should've bought it. With a over date too

[@jefflwadfordjr.1128]

Beautiful. Never known about them before. Want to add them to my peace dollars and Morgan’s.

[@thedude232]

How do you store them? I've been thinking of making a book with plugs to put them in, similar to a Whitman album

[@SmouseHouseHobbies]

Really great video. I enjoyed it a lot and learn some new stuff too. I just found out about chop marks about a week or two ago. Very cool coins.

[@juanlanda967]

For a second I thought you started talking about Star Wars lol about the different republics. I had to rewind to double check.

[@jewyork718]

You should do a video about 1700s-1800s 8 Real portrait Bust coins. "Imaginary" Bust coins from Lima(?) Mint would be a great story for you to tell.

[@drintall_11.29]

4:35 The chopmark is “天”. In Chinese, it means “sky”. 5:52 The chopmark is “正”. In Chinese, it means “correct ”. 6:55 The chopmark is “大”. In Chinese, it means “big”.

[@TheCoinGeek]

Thanks for that- do you know of any good references on chopmarks?

[@drintall_11.29]

@@TheCoinGeek Mexican silver coins circulated in China for a long time. Chinese banks want to distinguish between their own coins and other banks’ coins. So, they put chopmarks on coins. If the coin was deposited in many banks. Each bank might put their own chopmark on the coin. That’s why u can find many chopmarks on one coin. These chopmarks usually represent name of banks. So they are irregular. Sometimes they are words, sometimes they are patterns.

[@ROGUESILVER]

Nice coins!

[@saltwatersaddletramp7229]

I don’t have any Mexican silver coins that old. But I do have some old 2R, 1R and a 1/2R from the late 1700’s. I also have so Mexican copper coins from the late 1800’s. Also love my Libertads. Just bought a 1/2 Onza 1992 proof. Thanks for the journey into old Mexico.

[@timothyloyd3802]

I love Mexican coins.

[@djvech7572]

Why did I think that he started to talk about star wars?? Lol

[@johnva07]

Are they cleaned ?

[@danny_arizona7263]

I think Adam Kazort was the only one that caught that hahahahahahaahh I see what you did there. Good one

[@ShellyMay28]

I would like to have one to go in my foreign collection. :)

[@williampayne4660]

One of my favorite coins.

[@jewyork718]

We are on the same wavelength, "rudimentary" is what immediately came to mind.

[@mikehernandez264]

U on point Thanks.

[@Death_From_Below]

My kind of coins.

[@Juan_Doooh]

Been collecting the 8 Realesband UnbPesobcoins for years. I still have yet to send any for grading.

[@vernonpic]

love liberty caps!!!!

[@denisgerasimov9037]

I like those too..

[@adamkazort2259]

Rouge one... hahahaha

[@jewyork718]

One of the biggest differences I've noticed between coins is the font of libertad

[@flaviofernandez1243]

Nice Mexican coins

[@LuisAlvarez-pq4dc]

Bien ! Tienes varios reales y pesos muy buenas monedas yo quisiera conseguir una moneda de ocho reales o un peso pero no las he encontrado quien venda . Donde las conseguiste ? Buen video !!!

[@LarryStendebach]

I see 8 Reales....and I upvote :)

[@LarryStendebach]

Make sure to look up these dates in the reference. Many can be scarce. Also, always check for overdates and over-assay.

[@madfemurfast]

Note: obverse is the eagle's side (according to Mexican law).

[@TheCoinGeek]

Thanks for your pointer- I am not aware of that.

[@madfemurfast]

@@TheCoinGeek it is actually one of the few cases in which there is no controversy about obverse and reverse as the law clarifies it. In Mexico the law says that the obverse will always show the arma of the country and the reverse will show the year and value, as well as other motives.

[@hollywoodnoire]

Here to let you know that the 8 Reales from 1867 is the first year of the Second Republic since it was established after the overthrow of Emperor Maximillian. The first Peso design is with Maximillian and the second design is the Balance Scale which was issued from 1869-1873

[@roberthoffman4587]

I collect in Philippines

[@667hodge]

14 different Mints struck the Cap and Ray.The cap represents the Phyrgian Cap and the design signified freedom after the French Revolution in 1789.The rarest Cap and Ray is an 1881 gold 10$ pesos, only 14 minted

[@fifteenbyfive]

If a collector wants to have fun, start a new side campaign of cherry-picking choice Mexican beauties! IMO Mexican coins are underappreciated and undervalued. The market is so flippant about them, American collectors are mindlessly fixated on silver content. It's only 10% silver (or 72% or 50% or whatever)! And yet the design of the 1957-1967 is drop-dead gorgeous. Mexico's old mint did such a good job striking these coins and it wasn't the mint's fault that the govt kept neutering the silver out of the coins. Mo did an amazing job working with what it had. They're the end of "real money" in Mexico. I like US coins. I've found that Canada is hit and miss, and mostly miss. But Mexico tho...Mexican coinage is a sector of the marketplace that I wouldn't bet against in the coming decades. I think choice Unc Mexican "junk" has got some unrealized pop under it.

[@vvkk7139]

I have 4 Mexican antique silver daggers

[@strdrhiryu4710]

I believe these were used as standard currency in China.. iirc

[@rogermueller9143]

keeping it reale

[@donaldinnewmexico]

HI BEN. THEY ARE FASCINATING. DO YOU SELL A LOT OF MEXICAN COINS? *TYU*

[@silverdrillpickle7596]

You again??? 😂

[@donaldinnewmexico]

@@silverdrillpickle7596 LOL DP.

[@agnesmalazarte8566]

I have that one 1897 republica Mexicana

[@mikehernandez264]

Nice thanks for sharing this information with us Colorado Silverback777 Stay Healthy thanks keep stacking.

[@fernandorivera2395]

I think American coinage from that same time period, late 1800's or early 1900's, look much better

[@tomtalley2192]

That 1867 looks like it has a die clash.

[@bayanilarraquel1388]

I have a 1822 f.s.how much the value

[@sindelicious4374]

I have a couple of them, they aren’t cheap

[@bizaja8888]

Sir i have 1882 Republica ng Mexicana the same like that how much pls reply

[@dabaglady]

I love world coins

[@christianfurnari8878]

They're cool, I own a real I may get more

[@MrNedsaabdickerson]

Do you have any right now?

[@alancook2752]

20 Centavos coin is cool

[@rabinkunwar832]

I have same coins of 1884

[@lallademeloz]

Tenho uma de 1829

[@alancook2752]

Make a nice ring

[@40belowful]

i collect Mexican coins. most dealers melt them :( At least my LCD does

[@Djroma2010]

Wow that's tough. I would hate too melt these

[@shafiqbuqkhari6064]

I have this coin year 1884.. 8r z'1844i.s 10d 20

[@mahadijeen9393]

I have UN PESO M°1805.A.M.902,7

[@ricardoescala9209]

I have 2pcs 8R 1877 UN peso 1901 sale

[@angel357dad]

Your wrong im a mecican and me as well as other Mexicans do want to know the History tell absut Polk that liing rat.