REPUBLICAN SILVER
The Gerber Collection includes a remarkable series of Republican 8-Reales and Pesos Fuertes, a virtually complete run of dates from all fourteen mints, from 1823 to 1914. Less than a dozen dates are wanting in a body which runs to almost 700 date/mint combinations, some of them very rare. For example, the key date, 1866, a year in which only one mint managed to strike under Republican control for the whole of the year, is represented by 8 of the 9 known varieties.
Within the date/mint pairings the variety is still greater: more than 100 date/mint combinations were signed individually by two, three or even four assayers; the recutting of dies, especially for overdating, produced numerous varieties; and alterations in style or lettering add to the interest of the series. Many of these varieties are represented in the collection.
ALAMOS
2-REALES
1872, AM (3, all KM.374), good to very fine (lot)
Details
1872, AM (3, all KM.374), good to very fine (lot)