Peru 1790 Ij 8 Reales, Is It Real?

I agree, furthermore I just realized this seller has 2 more coins for sale (different years) both with the same yellowish swiped on looking patina. One of them obviously having the same field not meeting the rim issue. A friend over at another forum said that he's now 99.99% sure its counterfeit "The edge is suppose to be continuous w/2 breaks, yours has the circle and square punched in once, then punched in next to it and so on. "

Realeswatcher is correct the coin is a modern numismatic forgery that comes from China. The edge design is also incorrectly punched into the die using a two segment punch. The arc seams along the perimeter of the coin are the most common feature that these cheap Chinese knock offs have in common. It is due to the way the image is transferred to the mold. One or more of the transfer mediums shrinks slightly necessitating a gap or a flat area to make up the difference in diameter.

Recently I have seen many new (lower quality) examples of this same type - perhaps 7 - 8 entirely new fakes. They are essentially worth only melt plus a few dollars for collectors of forgeries. I pay no more than $15 over melt for interesting new dates, mules and wrong King types if there is zero silver content. Most perhaps 9/10 have no silver content.

p912 you were correct about the weight - the wear on this coin should be accompanied by a significant weight loss - several tenths of a gram. A weight nearer 26.5 would be far less suspicious. I believe the coin will prove to be too thick. SG near 9.0 means it is copper nickel.