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Anzelmas Valued Member Sweden 171 Posts	Posted 01/25/2022 06:58 am Hi,m8s! This coin is 101% fake. I want to know what is original coin? Or is it fantasy coin? Iron Diameter 21 mm weight 3.06 g Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5238 Posts	Posted 01/25/2022 07:05 am It does not resemble anything I have seen. I am voting for fantasy. Report this Post to the Staff
ironhorse Valued Member Canada 363 Posts	Posted 01/25/2022 07:22 am I see elements of Spanish pistareen and two reales https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces53665.html Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 01/25/2022 09:19 am Yes, it's a very crude copy of a Spanish colonial silver 8 reales, or "Pirate piece of eight". 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
Anzelmas Valued Member Sweden 171 Posts	Posted 01/25/2022 6:30 pm I think I found the original. It is Spain Philip IV 8 Reales 1651 Segovie. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 01/25/2022 11:34 pm Quote: Yes, it's a very crude copy of a Spanish colonial silver 8 reales, or "Pirate piece of eight". There were many many subtypes of those 8 reales coins (and many more of the lower denominations) with essentially the same design. I don't think quite enough is legible to tell which particular subtype was copied, though it probably wasn't the 1651 Segovia coin. That said, I can try to make a guess. The arms are of Charles II: the central bit is down but the Portugal bit is missing. A lot of types of Charles II had different designs, and most of the Mexican ones apparently tend to be a lot more illegible than that. Looking at the types on Numista, this one seems to be the best match. Report this Post to the Staff
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