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Expert: - 1/11/2011


Question

Mexican 1841 silver 8
Hi,this is Kevin responding to your feedback about the possible overstrike and value of the Mexican 8 reales 1841 GO-PJ silver coin.I am sending a couple of pictures for you to look at.The possible overstrikes are in the bottom of the cap between the two sides and also in the rays above the cap a little to the right and also farther to the rightside in the rays.Hopefully the pics' i send will do justice and allow you to see what i see?..thank you and regards Kevin

Answer
Hi again Kevin,
This site unfortunately only lets you attach one picture per question. Only the side with the eagle was attached and I do not see any signs of the over-strike here.
The surface looks a little unusual, have you weighed the coin? It should be right around 27 grams.
Thanks!

Dmitry Livshits

Expertise

My specialty is world coins from the 18th to 20th centuries, primarily non-US foreign coins and related areas such as errors and exonumia (tokens, medals, etc.). I can answer questions relating to identification, grading, selling, preservation and evaluation of such items. In addition to catalog value, I can give you the practical market value and trends for specific types of coins. I will also take questions regarding counterfeits (both modern and antique) and on how to identify them. I am NOT knowledgeable in paper money/banknotes, ancient or "shipwreck" coins. Thank you.

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Collector of world coins since early childhood. Access to a variety of auction records and reference material. You can also find me on Facebook.

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A.S. in Psychology (2006), B.A. in Forensic Psychology (2008), M.A. in Forensic Psychology (2011).

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