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pattiewhack Pillar of the Community Canada 1152 Posts	Posted 12/18/2015 10:07 pm Hi All, Recently I picked up this 1724 2 Reales from a trusted source. It looks right to me, but weighs in at only 5.63g, so about a gram underweight Is it possible for these to be this underweight, or am I looking at a fake? Thanks! Andrew Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 12/19/2015 02:46 am Not an expert with these, but IMO the coin could? be genuine, despite being underweight. Could be OK, for a combination of two reasons: 1. Very lax Weight Tolerances at the time of striking. (If the mint is tempted to use a little less silver, more coins can be struck for a given amount of metal. This means more seigneiorage (profit) for the mint. Also depends how corrupt the mint officials may have been at the time, and what they think they could get away with. 2. Small amount of weight loss due to wear. Edited by sel_69l 12/19/2015 07:31 am Report this Post to the Staff
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