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Rjhughes1300 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 12/15/2018 2:03 pm An old dear friend of mine game this to me a while back trying to find out what it is and see how to tell if its real or fake. I think its a doubloon. Thanks for the help. https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._-ccfopt.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._-ccfopt.jpg Edited by Rjhughes1300 12/15/2018 3:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 12/15/2018 2:58 pm You might want to review the spelling in your title. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Rjhughes1300 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 12/15/2018 3:31 pm thanks Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 12/15/2018 3:58 pm @RJH, any chance of you providing better pics? When I enlarge and enhance these pics, they are too pixelated to see much. Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36688 Posts	Posted 12/15/2018 5:09 pm Larger photos needed. Report this Post to the Staff
Rjhughes1300 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 12/15/2018 5:34 pm hope these are better Report this Post to the Staff
Rjhughes1300 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 12/15/2018 5:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188001 Posts	Posted 12/15/2018 6:42 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
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 12/15/2018 10:51 pm To the Forum. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7936 Posts	Posted 12/16/2018 2:18 pm Second photo (which is upside down) suggests this is an imitation of pillar-and-waves type Spanish colonial silver? Real ones look like this: https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...3dcc47c86ba4 https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...6c68110c15f2 Edited by tdziemia 12/16/2018 2:27 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 12/16/2018 10:09 pm Yes, sorry, it's a frequently-found "pirate doubloon" replica. It's not well-done enough to determine exactly which coin it is supposed to be copying, in terms of date and mintmark. You can find more replicas exactly like it in this thread and this thread, among others. Do a forum search for the words "pirate", "owl" and "replica" and you'll find a bunch more threads like the ones above; "owl" because the royal crown on the reverse has morphed into something that looks like an owl's face, with two big eyes and a beak. And I've deliberately added those words to this reply, so that this thread comes up in that search too, for the next time someone posts one. I don't think we know where these particular replicas some from, but given the number of times they crop up on the forum, they must have been mass-produced; I suspect they're either sold at tourist traps, or maybe were a Reader's Digest giveaway. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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