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Jdsmall New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 10/02/2021 12:35 pm I don't own this coin, but in searching to add to my collection I have seen several pictures of reales with this type of cracking. Is this typical of an authentic piece? Or is this a big red flag. Thank you for any responses. Report this Post to the Staff

wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 10/06/2021 02:21 am Looks ok to me. Is the weight correct? Dose it pass the ping test? If both are correct, it is real. Report this Post to the Staff
Npanda New Member Indonesia 8 Posts	Posted 10/26/2021 10:43 am Sorry for hijacking this thread snigger Hi Master Wong, if you don't mind could you share with me sone of your expert opinion on the 8 reales coins' characteristics that ive just posted in my thread? Cheers.. I speak Cantonese as well :) Report this Post to the Staff
wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 11/01/2021 11:12 pm The so-called "cracking" on this coin is commonly seen on Spanish mexican 8 Reales from 17xx- 182x. I suppose this is a technical problem during minting, but I can't tell anything about this issue (swamperbob can tell). I never see any modern counterfeits have this feature. Back to basic knowledge, is the weight, diameter and content of Ag correct, if correct, it should be real. Modern counterfeit can seldom to fulfil the about 3 standards esp. for such commonly seen pieces. Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 11/03/2021 10:51 am I have a few 8R's that have lines like these. Here's one explanation for these random radial flow lines. http://www.error-ref.com/radial-flow-lines/ They're attributed to cold metal flow from the planchets wearing the die over time. I thought that they might be planchet cracking, but that looks much different from the bunched lines seen at the coin periphery. They're a struck feature from a worn die. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Edited by thq 11/03/2021 10:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
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