Mexican 8 Reales 1830-1894 I went back to the pawn shop.

If you missed my post I went to the pawn shop last week and bought a Peace Dollar and a silver Washington Quarter. But I also bought a silver Mexican 8 Reales for a decent price. They had a whole box of them and was contemplating going back for some more.

On an impulse and hoping that I could go back on Monday and grab a few I listed the one I bought on an ebay auction. That auction took off on Saturday evening and it's currently $47 with 3 days to go. The pawn shop being closed on Sunday ment that I had to run down there after work Monday to pick up some more.

Thank god that box was still there and still full. I made a bulk deal and bought 10 more of them in hopes of selling 5-6 to make my money back and keeping 5. They are really cool looking coins with the weird hat on the front and the eagle on the back, as I sit I debate going back for more, lol.

That is the second one I put up for auction. It also already has a bid on it and a few watchers so I am feeling good about my purchase. What do you all think go back for more? One last bit about the cap on the front pulled from Wiki.

The Phrygian cap or liberty cap is a soft conical cap with the top pulled forward, associated in antiquity with several peoples in Eastern Europe and Anatolia, including Phrygia, Dacia, and the Balkans. In early modern Europe it came to signify freedom and the pursuit of liberty through a confusion with the pileus, the felt cap of manumitted (emancipated) slaves of ancient Rome. In artistic representations it signifies freedom and the pursuit of liberty. Many of the anti-colonial revolutions in Latin America were heavily inspired by the imagery and slogans of the American and French Revolutions. As a result, the cap has appeared on the coats of arms of many Latin American nations. The coat of arms of Haiti includes a Phrygian cap to commemorate that country's foundation by rebellious slaves.

The cap had also been displayed on certain Mexican coins (most notably the old 8-reales coin) through the late 19th century into the mid-20th century. Today, it is featured on the coats of arms or national flags of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Paraguay.

Hope you have a great day.