Is This A Real Coin? 1600s Spanish Silver Dollar Phillip IV D'espagne

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PhillipIV New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 07/26/2018 11:34 pm My friend found this while fishing some time last year. Looks to be Spanish from the engravings? I am not sure whether this is real or fake. Could be a replica or some toy. I performed a reverse image search on Google and this came up as related results. Markings on the coins in this link look similar to the coin my friend found. https://www.coinshome.net/fr/coin_d...Ls_ecgue.htm Disclaimer: 1) I performed a magnet test and unfortunately the coin was attracted to the magnet, concluding it should not be real. However, the attraction was slight so it could just be that the coin is impure, not necessarily completely fake. I wish I had a more powerful magnet to see if it was just the magnet I used was weak or if the coin itself is just slightly impure and mixed with another metal 2) On the website link, the coin description says it is made of silver and is from Phillip IV of Spain around the 1600's. But the coin my friend caught appears to be gold. This could be a dead giveaway, but I'd like to make sure. Any history buffs or seasoned coin collectors know about this discrepancy? EDIT: Link above is broken. Alternate link. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://d3k6u6bv48g1ck.cloudfront.net/coin-image-8_Real-Argent-Bolivie-4WwKb0OMJUYAAAFD2YrA4OBm.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.coinshome.net/fr/coin_definition-8_Real-Argent-Bolivie-pQ4Kbzbir1gAAAFMLs_ecgue.htm%3FcountryFQ=countryID:_hIKbzbivRAAAAFI2vu4loBO&h=519&w=1077&tbnid=sP6warnHwMZ4lM&tbnh=156&tbnw=324&vet=1&docid=xtPKDCk6XCl4zM Edited by PhillipIV 07/26/2018 11:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff

jst1dreamr Pillar of the Community United States 509 Posts	Posted 07/27/2018 12:09 am Looks like this. Spanish colonial - Philip II (1556-1598) Viceroyalty of Peru, Potosi mint, assayer "B" (Juan Ballestros Narváez) AR 8 Reales cob, irregular, approx. 38 mm, 27.28 g. Obv: cross, lions and castles in its' quarters, all within tressure to CCF Edited by jst1dreamr 07/27/2018 12:10 am Report this Post to the Staff
Atlas642 Pillar of the Community United States 562 Posts	Posted 07/27/2018 10:48 am What's the weight? And diameter? I've seen this type before. It's a modern, base-metal copy of Spanish colonial coin, commonly used in metal detecting competitions and games. They normally come plated to appear like "Spanish treasure gold." Edited by Atlas642 07/27/2018 10:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188161 Posts	Posted 07/27/2018 9:26 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
toddler81 New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 07/27/2018 10:02 pm Seriously doubt it is real. Could be a tourist coin...I know there are several places in Florida that sell such coins because of the combination of Spanish and pirate history of the state. Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 08/03/2018 04:08 am I agree the item is not genuine. Tourist coin (replica) is the best description. They were made to sell for a $1 or $1 to tourists. Report this Post to the Staff
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