1757 Gold 8 Escudo Coin - Any Help?

Yeah... I dont have a clue if its real or fake although my coin has some small differences than yours... Do you know the diameter of your coin? Also if you look at the crown on my coin and the crown on yours, the crown on my coin is a small space above the coat of arms and on your coin the crown is rested on the arms... Could this be a indication that my coin is fake?

KFitzgerald Just saw the thread - got in last night from New England where I picked up a 1744 Mo Eight Escudo slabbed by PCGS as AU 55.

Sorry but there is ZERO chance that your coin is an original. I looked at your pictures which were great and there is NO comparison between your coin and the details of my new piece. Your coin was not made from an authentic die. It is no more than 50-60 years old and quite frankly could be very recent. The transfer technology is still in use.

It is as suggested above a jewelry replica - possibly fine gold but clearly not struck from a punched steel die. Appears from the rounded nature of the lettering and surface texture to be a die reproduced from a picture of an original coin with a transfer technique that lost all the sharpness of the transitions. That is not just rounding caused by wear and polishing but a "flaw" in methodology that is very difficult to hide. The lettering has none of the crispness in the lines that it should have. The details in the shield are also very poorly executed with no sharp details at all. Some of the features are misinterpreted as if possibly recut in the mold.

I would suggest SG to determine the metal value if any. It could be gold plated (especially if very recent) but it could be 900 fine gold if produced in the 1950's or 1960's.

I also picked up a nice cast jewelry forgery of a 1781 Mo 4 Escudo done in a very similar way that tested as 901 fine gold. I got it for 15% under spot value (scrap jewelry rate). Which is fair based on what I can actually sell it for. But for now I am keeping both.

I had that on my VERY long to do list.

dexaling : please post pictures, that first coin was a jewelery copy - but it doesn't mean all the mounted ones are copies.

This coin is also a jewelery copy, the design is not correct.
You can compare it with mine, which I posted at the top of this topic (top of page 2).
For example, check the legend on the crown side, or the design of the shield. Or the portrait on the other side.
If you are lucky, the coin is still in gold (and not plated) - which would mean it's worth its weight.