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Ok what do you think? | replica Potosi mint 8 reales cob

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warjag
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Posted 11/01/2009  7:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add warjag to your friends list  Get a Link to this Message



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It's not ancient. It's a copper imitation of a Spanish cob-style silver 8 reales or gold 8 escudos.
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not said it. - Cicero
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Why is it silver then. I checked just the edge barely to see if it was. Then you can bend with your hands easily.
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Silver? I pre-judged it's composition based on the colour; fine silver doesn't turn greenish-brown like that. Nevertheless, it's a "tourist replica", and not a genuine coin.

I double-checked my 1700's Krause; the design matches the Potosi mint silver 8 reales of the mid-1700's; it's clearly a P for Potosi mintmark. The date between the pillars is garbled due to the "doubling" on that side.

If you can bend it with your hands, and it really is the size and weight of a silver dollar, then there's no way it can be real silver. Genuine cob coins are usually quite thick. It's probably lead, or tin, or pewter, or something.
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Sap thanks again. I am going to order a silver test kit because I now have 30 or 40 coins/tokens/medals that I just do not know.


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