1796 Mexico City 8 Reales

As Real Peso has said, I start to worry about anything that is under 26 grams. This one is almost 27 and has some wear, so that could account for the lost weight.
The Rim looks good, a little ringed up but for being over 200 years old! Not bad.

What bothers me,(and I am no expert on Portrait Pillars), is the edge design. Above ole Carol's head it is nice and heavy, but down below the date it is almost gone......nothing wrong with that but it should match on the Reverse. The back seems to have a heavy edge design all around. This is just something I look at on Pillar Dollars for picking out possible Contem Counterfeits.
Paul.

cato_x3 Nice looking coin.

I agree with RealPeso that the weight is within what would normally be considered to be acceptable for a worn 8R.

The design near the edge (dentils) are also acceptable for an out of collar strike. I think the anomaly that odentheviking is referring is caused in part by the angle the pictures were taken at. I see the lower dentils as shorter on both pictures and the upper as being longer. There may be more wear on the portrait side or the dies may have been slightly out of alignment as well.

But when I looked at the edge I was bothered by what I saw there. The fact that the borders are so prominent makes me concerned. So I looked at the larger pictures. They were not too helpful because they were taken at random it appears. Could you take larger (closer) edge shots that cover the entire perimeter, but which are tilted so that the orientation to one face or the other shows in each shot.

I am looking for the 2 overlaps in the edge design and for what the entire edge looks like. There are a couple features I spotted that look like this MAY BE a Boston style edge.

Here are the anomalies from the photobucket pictures.





If you notice the circles with the RED lines seem to have squared sides. There is also a single broken top rectangle adjacent. This particular edge defect is often seen on Counterfeits made in the late 1800s. However, the problem could be damage. At this point without seeing the entire edge I can't tell.

I will await other pictures.

You should also read the posts on edge designs and what you should and shouldn't find.

Ok, I have uploaded some new pictures to the photobucket album at http://s1124.photobucket.com/albums...%20pictures/ I took pictures of several rotations around in order and most you can still see the face of the coin to see where it is. On a couple of pictures I took them straight on to get more details; these will be the same location as the previous picture.

I read up on the edge designs and understand what I should be looking for but I couldn't seem to find it on this coin. The probably place I saw for the overlap is at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock (not sure if there is a standard location), but there is some damage in both of those places that makes it hard for me to tell if there is overlap. I have posted picture of those two places here, the rest are in photobucket.

Can someone email Swamperbob to let him know there are more pictures up here? I tried a few times but it said I don't have access to the email system. Thanks.

Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip to Boston. I thought you might be traveling, but wasn't sure. It is disappointing to hear that it's a fake, but at least we know now. Ok, thanks for your help Bob. Thanks again everyone.

Ok, well that is better news then. What kind of value would you put on this one?