Edge Details For Potosi 1814 8 Reales

Hello Revere456 and welcome to the wonderful world of Spanish Colonial 8 Reales. As to your question regarding edges, per our resident counterfeit Guru Swamperbob, there should be overlaps 180 degrees opposite each other because the coins should have been edged with a dual bar edger.
On your coin posted, I am concerned about the texture of the coin itself. It appears in the photos to be very "mushy" and granular which can be evidence of a cast coin or a die made from molding where the sharpness of a strike is lost in the process. I lack the ability to make definitive judgements from a photo but just wanted to express my humble opinion. I am not very familiar with Potosi coins, my area of expertise is Mo mint coins and I know strike characteristics vary from mint to mint.

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I don't think I am a senior coin collector (from 2004;I try to give you my opinion of this coin; I also hope who have the experience on this coin can also tell here for us.

I remember I read a thread about the edge problems of those Spanish-North Americal 8R that was explained by swarmperbob. He said in that topic (not remembered): All edges have 2 overlaps (by fixed and movable dies), one overlap is a counterfeit unless damage or wear prevents identification of the opposite lap. The application method precludes anything else....

First, I can't see any problem with your coin. I will show you my coin of 1818 and it also has two opposite overlaps. I have measure the S.G. of this coin and find it 10.335 that corresponding to 91.85% Ag (close to the target value 89.6%). Now I am quite confident my coin is real.

Other specifications of my coin:
39.2-40.1mm (not perfectly circular)
26.87 grams
Bought at ebay by US155.0 a few years ago.

The two edge overlaps are at G"R"ATIA and FERDI"N"of observe corresponding positions.