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Klewless New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 5:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Klewless New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 5:54 pm Found it in an estate sale Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 6:02 pm to the forum Smacks of a fake, digits seem wrong fonts? Looks like a cast coin...is their a center ridge aroun the rim, or tooling marks like one was removed? Although marked silver at higher density than sterling silver,,it probably isn't. IS it magnetic? Silver content of 18th century rarely surpassed 50%, most often much less. Gonna guess its a copy of Spanish 8 Reales, but have no idea. Edited by Crazyb0 09/20/2017 6:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Klewless New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 6:08 pm I had it tested and it's that silver content, there are no ridges on the spine, it's fairly smooth with a few flat places. Report this Post to the Staff
BigSilver Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 6:34 pm Going out on alimb here, but I think it is supppsed to be a 1736 gold 8 escudos from Peru. The design matches pretty well. Obviously, it is not gold, but the silver 8 reales is a different design.... Report this Post to the Staff
Klewless New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 6:50 pm Assuming at this point it's a forgery, it looks like a royal Cob? Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 09/21/2017 06:14 am please read and compare this: http://www.sedwickcoins.com/fake_cobs.htm Report this Post to the Staff
weavus135 Pillar of the Community United States 539 Posts	Posted 09/21/2017 6:44 pm First, let me just say I have zero knowledge on these types of coins. I have just a question though. Why would someone go through the trouble of making a forgery that had 95% silver? And if this isn't really 95% silver, what test was done on it that had the OP understanding that it was tested at that level. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 09/22/2017 09:07 am try the neodymium test: 8gLB2uMAMYM * Edited by Staff to add YouTube tags. [youtube][/youtube] Please use them in the future. We prefer embedded video. * It is based on Eddy or Foucault currents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_current Edited by Petrus 09/22/2017 09:11 am Report this Post to the Staff
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