1807 TH 8 Reales
Carolus IIII
In
1807 there was only one type of 8 Reales issued by the Mexico City Mint.
For
the Portrait 8 Reales the practice at the mint was to identify the assayers by
placing the senior assayer’s initial first and the junior assayer’s initial
second when going around the coin clockwise using the initial of what we call
“the first name” in the United States of America. The senior assayer is the one
who was hired first at the mint.
Tomas
Butron Miranda was an assayer from 1801 into 1810 and Henrique Buenaventura
Azorin from 1803 into 1814.
In
1807 the initials TH refer to these 2 assayers.
Mexico
City 8 Reales from 1791 issued under Carolus IIII through the armored bust
series ending in 1811 issued under Ferdinand VII were 89.6% pure silver.
ANACS
grades this 1807 TH as an AU53, cleaned.
An
AU53 has essentially no wear due to commercial use. Additionally,
it is noted that over its lifetime of 215 years it has been cleaned. Silver cleaners in the 1950’s and
before had small granular particles which left small faint scratches. 90% silver
coins, like sterling silver dinnerware (92.5%) darken when exposed to the
contaminants in the air. Earlier owners brightened this coin by
cleaning (as evidenced by small surface lines caused by being rubbed with an
abrasive).
When
I look at the obverse of the coin I see an irregularity caused possibly by a
rusted die or a large flaw in the planchet.
In front of his face, below and into the letters from E in DEI to the
first A in GRATIA the coin’s surface level varies in height. This minor abnormality is created at the Mint
before being released to the general public.
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
As
I understand it, you are restricted to using only Paypal as has been the case
for many years.
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 $50-$500 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”, you don’t have to list a bunch of reasons why you have decided you do
not want it. 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”.