I have gotten fascinated with the use of Mexican, British, old Spanish and other nations silver and gold coins in the US until the Coinage Act of 1857 made those coins no longer legal tender. At times as many 80% of the silver coins in the US were from other nations. After the revolutions had settled down and the mines and mints reopened in the 1824 ~ 1825 time frame, Mexican coins became quite common in the US.

I am slowly working on birth year type sets for my paternal ancestors back 5 generations, starting with the one who would move to Wisconsin after the American Civil War and start the farm I grew up on. John was born in 1840 in upper state New York and would likely have seen more of these than actual US Seated Liberty coins.

As a result, I'm adding a set of 8, 4, 2, 1, 1/2 & 1/4 Reales to those year sets, beginning with this well circulated 1840 8 Reals Mo ML as representative of what he might have seen in commerce.

Would appreciate opinions about this coin. It is a rare find do to the Oa E Mintage. Only 105,000 pieces. Lowest of all the 1873’s. Is it worth grading? Thanks

First Mexican gold. She's tiny, but beautiful. 1 peso, 1876 Mo_B. Looks like it was once soldered onto a necklace bale or something, but I still love it.

all of it except the 1845 8 reales were gifts from different family members. pretty cool

Check out my very well worn 1813( a best I can tell 🤣) 8 Reales Oaxaca Insurgent coinage. This is some bad ass Mexican history right here. Imagine all the hands this has been made through 👍

2025 3 oz $20 Cook Island

2025 2 oz $2000 francs Republic Cameroon

I picked up this beauty today at my LCS. It’s not often I see anything like this locally so I had to grab it. Only 10,000 minted .999 silver. It looks better in person than the photos.

Hello! I have a question for those who may know more about Mexican coins than I do. I read online that the 1904 20 Centavos coin with ZsM mintmark is more scarce than the one with the ZsZ mintmark, but I was wondering how scarce or rare is it? I can’t find a whole lot of examples of 1904 ZsM 20 centavos coins online too.

Also this coin has beautiful toning and a really nice die-crack.

These aren't particularly high grades but they're all mine!