Mexican Liberty Cap and Ray, 8 Reales
Item
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Title
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Mexican Liberty Cap and Ray, 8 Reales
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Description
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A round, silver, 8 Reales coin, approximately 37mm in diameter.
Front: Mexican eagle, facing right, holding snake in beak and raised left talon, right leg extended, talon clutching cactus perch; lower half of circumference edged with laurel design, upper half semi-circumscribed with legend: REPUBLICA MEXICANA.
Reverse: liberty cap backed with sun rays. Legend arcing along lower rim: *8R-Zs 1834-O-M-10Ds 20Gs.
8R = 8 reales. Z = state mint at Zacatecas. Date of 1834. OM = the initials of the assayer. 10Ds =10 dineros. 20G = 20 granos (pure silver was 12 dineros, each dinero was divided into 24 granos; so 10Ds 20Gs = .902777 fine silver).
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Identifier
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2008.036.014
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Source
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Mexico
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Subject
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Numismatics
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Provenance
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William and Catherine Sell
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Date Created
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1834 CE
