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1781 Mexico 8 Reales - Not Sure If It Is Real?

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 Posted 03/04/2016  4:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Albert to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I no longer do this but I have newer and better equipment now that I didn't have then:
Measure thickness on the flat part of the field. The part with no details and is plain and flat if you can. And measure the thickest part of the coin or maybe the rim and try to make a mathematical average when you compute the coin volume. It should be reasonably close to what you want.
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 Posted 03/04/2016  5:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dipper to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
that may just be extreme damage from back to back chops,

I agree, not repaired hole.
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 Posted 03/06/2016  01:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add swamperbob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Regarding potential damage which can occur with a micrometer (mine has a polished rounded surface which helps) I can only advise extreme caution. I typically use the rough measure method when dealing with low grade counterfeits. I have never actually tried it on an MS coin. You might experiment with thin paper which is uniform in thickness and does not compress under stress. A thin plastic fin might be less compressible.
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 Posted 03/06/2016  9:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add qianscoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
with that many chopmarks, it is real
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 Posted 03/09/2016  03:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add swamperbob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Chops are no guarantee at all that a coin is genuine. Here is a coin from my collection. It is a Ferdin VII Colonial type dated 1886 with many chops.

1781-Mexico-8-Reales---Not-Sure-If-It-Is-Real?

The coin is a counterfeit - it is not silver. The chops are also counterfeit. Based on the design and technology used the coin was struck from false dies BEFORE 1900.
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 Posted 03/09/2016  04:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Numister to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This coin looks crazy cool though swamperbob, like some post-modern art piece.
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