1733 8 Reales Modern Or Older Fake? Tests As 85% Silver.

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NZKiwi New Member New Zealand 1 Posts	Posted 08/11/2026 8:15 pm Looks to be a cast fake but tests as 85% silver? Weighs 23g. Is this indicative of an older forgery rather than modern day example? Any info much appreciated. * Edited by Staff to crop and/or rotate images. In the future, please crop and correctly orient images before uploading. * First two lines of the Upload Form Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 26790 Posts	Posted 08/11/2026 8:50 pm Perhaps it's a modern day replica for jewelry. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21764 Posts	Posted 08/12/2026 12:05 pm Not a genuine 8 real. Maybe a souvenir piece or a counterfeit. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15733 Posts	Posted 08/12/2026 1:11 pm to the CCF Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 192764 Posts	Posted 08/13/2026 11:51 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16935 Posts	Posted 08/13/2026 10:27 pm Hello and welcome. There's a ten year old thread here with someone posting another rectangular-shaped cob 8 reales dated 1733, which looks suspiciously similar. Not exactly the same, mind, but suspiciously similar. These coins are "pirate piece of eights", and as such, replicas of them are often made into jewellery. I'm seeing notches on your piece which I would regard as possible evidence of having been removed from a ring mount. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 102601 Posts	Posted Yesterday 10:48 pm to CCF. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
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