The mint located in Zacatecas Mexico struck coins from 1810 through 1822 for the Royalist Cause during the War of Independence.

In 1819 this type of 8 Reales, the one with the metal protrusion in the obverse field at about 4:00, is identified in Calbeto as #1780.

In 20 years of examining Mexican Colonial 8 Reales, this is the only one I have seen.  

I do not know what the relative scarcity of this particular 1819 is.  Page 127 of Catalogo De Los Reales De a Ocho by Jose de Yriarte Olivia and Leopoldo Lopez-Chaves Sanchez shows a photograph of an 1819 without the metal spot as the representation of this series.  Calbeto shows a rare variation as #1781, a misspelling of GRATIA on the obverse creates another variation.  For the assayers, I have not been able to identify the assayers A and G. who both assayed from 1813-22.

 ANACS grades this coin as a VF30, indicating moderate wear.  It is scratched.  When rotating the coin in good light you will see some random long scratches.  Additionally, it is noted that over its 200 year lifetime 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 collectors who owned this coin brightened it by cleaning (as evidenced by small surface lines caused by being rubbed with an abrasive). 

Photography:

The physical appearance of a coin will differ depending on the type and intensity of the light under which we view the coin.  I use a 100 watt incandescent light bulb at a distance of about 1 foot. 

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 8^th 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.