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United Kingdom
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Hi. This is obviously not a 1776 8 reales - weight 18 gr , diameter 37mm and has medal alignment. Is it a bad fake or a tourist piece ? thanks for all help.   Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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It actually sounds hollow if you tap it.
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 Australia
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Is it a bad fake or a tourist piece ? I believe the answer to that question is, "yes".  The "8R" means it's supposed to be an 8 reales. Those weigh about the same as an American silver dollar, over 26 grams. 18 grams is way too light. 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
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The same coin? Under what circumstances did you have the coin when you first posted?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I bought it from the same seller and returned it as not as described. (and I picked up all the postage costs)
Edited by rooneydog
11/24/2012 3:35 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And he puts it right back on the 'Bay with another misleading listing. Geez; sorry you had to deal with someone like that.
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I bought the same one about 3 years ago and after I got it he had another one for sale about 2 days later.
it's a fake
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Another sucker (me included) has just paid £24 - ebay totally ignored my report  Edited by rooneydog
11/28/2012 2:09 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just noticed this in doing some Google searching... This piece does pop up periodically (often offered as genuine)... most often out of the UK, where it was presumably marketed as a replica at some point.
Can this be moved to the World Coins forum?
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Posted 11/14/2012 3:48 pm
