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Is My 1732 Pillar Dollar Real?

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 Posted 01/05/2015  7:02 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add alexandra55 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Do you guys think is real or fake? ty

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 Posted 01/05/2015  7:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MathieuMa to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There is no way it is. One of the worse fake I've seen (just google for "8 reales Mexico 1732" and check any link looking serious)
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 Posted 01/05/2015  7:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dith Pran to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's fake. That coin is highly counterfeited.
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 Posted 01/05/2015  7:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Lucky Cuss to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A very poorly executed "replica" - the 1732 issue is widely forged because it's the most valuable in the series. I'd wager this one will stick to a magnet.
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The "coin" is more of a replica than a counterfeit. The design is completely incorrect and was not made well enough to fool collectors who are aware of what genuine coins should look like.

Among other things the edge is reeded. That action - reeding the edge - was a way of evading the law during the 1950s when these types first started appearing for sale.

Reeding is a relatively modern way of edging a coin and requires a closed collar coining press. The US only converted to that type of press in 1836 for larger coins.

I hope the coin came to you at a very low cost - it is a $1 type thing.
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