1813 Barcelona Peseta Without Beaded Edge?

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pjt33 New Member Spain 2 Posts	Posted 05/06/2010 6:24 pm I've just picked up (from a non-specialist market stall) something which appears to be an Spanish War of Independence one peseta from Barcelona. However, all the photos I can find of this coin online have a beaded edge, and mine doesn't (image below). Does anyone know whether there were non-beaded ones or whether I have some kind of replica? Report this Post to the Staff

DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 05/06/2010 8:14 pm Looks to be a cast counterfeit. Wrong font on the legends, central stars don't look right. Planchet flaws/cracks/voids. Palm? branches at bottom are wrong. No beaded border. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/06/2010 10:37 pm I agree a cast copy. Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 05/06/2010 11:50 pm pjt33- You really need to be careful with Spanish coins. The market is flooded with counterfeits. To make things worse, whenever I am in Spain I always see about two counterfeits for every real coin. And some dealers DO NOT CARE if a coin is real or not. I have seen some dealers set up at shows where there is not a single real coin on their table. It is just mind-boggling. Edited by Archraz 05/07/2010 04:09 am Report this Post to the Staff
pjt33 New Member Spain 2 Posts	Posted 05/07/2010 2:13 pm Thanks to all of you. Archraz, this was from a box of assorted coins at 50 euro-cents each which included some very poor condition one euro-cents, so I wasn't expecting the stallholder to care about anything at all and I'm not out much. But I shall bear your warning in mind in the future. Report this Post to the Staff
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