1771 Portrait 8 Reales With G III Counterstamp

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Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 497 Posts	Posted 03/24/2014 2:57 pm OK so, the first obvious issue with this coin is that, in so far as I can tell, these coins were only issued from 1772 onwards. It is underweight also at 24.91 grams. I do know that many fakes were deliberately made by the British in the late 1700's to undermine faith in the Spanish coinage. The counter-stamp I would tentatively say looks real so perhaps this is a British contemporary forgery? Or perhaps I'm wrong, and this is simply a standard counter-stamped George III dollar. But I'm working on the assumption this is a forgery - though perhaps a contemporary and interesting one. I know there are many members with great knowledge in this area - hope to hear from some of you. Thanks. www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff

bpoc1 Rest in Peace United States 4078 Posts	Posted 03/24/2014 3:26 pm To say the least. That is a real cool detailed counter-stamp. Real or not. Lets see what CCF members think. Report this Post to the Staff
MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 03/24/2014 3:55 pm This would get more replies if it were moved to the World Coins and Commemoratives forum, that's where the members who have the information are. -MV Report this Post to the Staff
Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 497 Posts	Posted 03/24/2014 4:05 pm Good idea, thanks for the suggestion - will do now www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 03/24/2014 4:22 pm I vote, counterfeit coin and counterfeit countermark, which were contemporarily quite common. Check out the fake mark (on a fake 8 reales) in Plate 9/#3 of this informative BNJ article: http://www.britnumsoc.org/publicati...NJ_70_11.pdf Report this Post to the Staff
Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 497 Posts	Posted 03/24/2014 4:25 pm I think I have made a mistake - I've double posted when I should have moved it - Can anyone tell me how to delete this thread and have it opne for discussion on the world coin forum? Sorry for the mistake! Bpoc1 - I think you noticed I made the mistake :-) www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff
Jeff 11 Valued Member United Kingdom 497 Posts	Posted 03/24/2014 4:31 pm Philadelphian - Thanks for that fantastic information booklet. Just had a scanned read through some of the most appropriate sections - no doubt the forgery of both coins and the countermarks was hugely prevalent www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk Report this Post to the Staff
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