1797 FM 8
Reales
Carolus IIII
In
1797 there was only one type of 8 Reales issued by the Mexico City Mint.
On
the Portrait 8 Reales which started in 1772, the practice at the mint was to
identify the assayers by placing the senior assayer’s initial first when going
around the coin clockwise, using the initial of what we call “the first name”
in the United States of America. “Senior” refers to the assayer hired first at
the mint.
Francisco
Arance Cobos was an assayer from 1777 into 1803 and Mariano Rodriguez from 1784
into 1801.
In
1797 the initials FM refer to these 2 assayers.
Mexico
City 8 Reales from the inception of milled coinage in 1732 through the Armored
Bust series ending in 1811 had a targeted official weight of 27.0674 grams.
The
silver purity level starting in 1791 and lasting through the Armored Bust
series concluding in 1811 was 89.6%.
NGC grades this coin as
Uncirculated, but it has been cleaned.
Photography:
The
physical appearance of a coin will differ depending on the type, intensity and
angle of the light under which we view the coin.
For
photographing this coin, I use a 100 watt incandescent light bulb at a distance
of about 1 foot. Incandescent light is
the type used when grading coins.
Sales Information
DOMESTIC SALES - FREE SHIPPING.
Tracking Numbers: I will post a tracking
number after I ship to you.
INTERNATIONAL SALES
I am now currently making international
sales.
As I understand it, if you can see my listing,
you can buy it from outside the USA. My shipping it to Kentucky is free
to you. The part about getting your coin from Kentucky to you has all
been worked out by Global Shipping. Supposedly, you can see your mailing
costs, etc.
Payment
I
would appreciate your paying me in a timely fashion after the close of the
sale.
Other Information
My shipment to you: The 8th largest
city in the USA no longer has a Post Office open after 5:00PM Monday
through Friday. My mail route is “a training route” so I no longer have any
idea who is going to be delivering my mail, or at what time of day. I am
not going to leave a $100-$1,000 coin outside to be picked up by
“whomever”. Given all of this, if you win and pay for a coin this
morning, it probably won’t be put in the mail this afternoon. They are
taken to the Post Office to be mailed.
Returns: This is a collector coin and not just
some chunk of silver bullion. If you do not feel that this coin is “right
for you” after you have examined it, send an email letting me know it is coming
back to me. Return shipping cost is at the buyer’s expense. Return
it at your convenience, preferably within 14 days. The shipping to you is at my
expense for domestic shipping.
This
is an old collector’s coin, and you and I both know, as coin collectors,
sometimes a coin that looks good from photos does not measure up to our
expectations. After you have looked at it, if you decide that it is “not
for you”, just let me know that you will be sending it back so that I will know
to expect it. I have other old 8 Reales. If for some reason you
don’t feel satisfied with this coin, that doesn’t mean you won’t be happy with
the next one you win.
Please
read everything I have stated to you about this coin, if I have made any
specific comments about it. If there is something of interest to you
about the coin that I did not explain to you in this listing, send an
email.
I want you to be satisfied
with what you get.
I want to build a positive
business relationship with you, not just “get a sale”.