Help Pleasezz! Need Help With Spanish Escudo Cob! (Id: Counterfeit/Fake Pirate Coin)

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Kyle710 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 11:40 pm Hello, I found this coin a few years ago when I was on a vacation trip in Florida. I found as I was walking along the beach looking and searching for sea shells. My step dad wanted to throw it away, but I kept it till this day and I have it in a little plastic coin bag, because I thought it worth something but didn't know what it was. I was just watching pawn stars and they had a very similar coin on there and made me think about this. It does appear to be some sort of Spanish escudo cob. Can someone help me specify the type of escudo and maybe it's authenticity? It would be much appreciated! Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 05/19/2012 11:50 pm Kyle710: Welcome to the CCF! Glad to have you aboard. I am NOT an authority re how genuine this coin may be. I find it very curious that it shows no sign of sea water corrosion, or any sign of abrasion, considering it was found on a beach. Edited by sel_69l 05/19/2012 11:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 12:31 am Pretty obvious modern tourist replica. It is cast as a "worn coin". And the legend and the images in the coat of arms are garbled. Sorry for the bad news and welcome to the forum! Edited by svslav 05/20/2012 12:32 am Report this Post to the Staff
Kyle710 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 12:51 am Hello, I did more research on this coin and found out that it is a Spanish reales. I just have to find out the year. I'm taking it to a coin specialist soon to get an appraisal. I do appreciate your response svslav but these coins are from the mid 15th century and almost all of the coins online are in the same condition Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 12:58 am Well, I hope I'm wrong. Good luck! Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 7:01 pm , Kyle710! Genuine for real fake coin some tourist bought at a souvenir shop and lost. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 05/21/2012 12:02 am Quote: Hello, I did more research on this coin and found out that it is a Spanish reales. If you do a little more research, you might notice that "reales" are always silver. And while this coin does indeed bear the design of a Spanish-colonial silver "piece of eight" of Phillip III (either Mexico City or Potosi mint), they did not use this exact same design for gold coins. Your "coin" certainly doesn't look silver in your pics; I assume it really is gold/brassy coloured? I'm afraid I have to agree with the consensus on this one: it's a mass-produced replica, done in the wrong metal because, for the purpose of "pirate replicas", the general appearance is more important than perfect authenticity. It was probably buried in the sand on the beach as part of somebody's "pirate treasure hunt", and never found. They're the sort of thing you can buy in bulk for just such a purpose; you'll notice in that bulk lot they've also mistakenly used the silver-coin design on both their "ersatz silver" and ersatz gold" replicas. 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
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Help Pleasezz! Need Help With Spanish Escudo Cob! (Id: Fake Pirate Coin)