Come Figure Out This Random Coin | Replica Spanish Cob

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Mysteryflavored New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 03/14/2011 11:17 pm I've had this coin for, about 15 years, Just holding on to it, I am not sure when exactly I acquired it, but it happened to be found by a river. Anyway, Could Anybody please help just tell me what, and when, If it is real or not.... Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 03/15/2011 02:49 am This is a replica of a Spanish Colonial 8 reales coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 03/15/2011 06:15 am Hello and welcome. Confirming what bart said; it's a replica. Here's another one posted recently. 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
Mysteryflavored New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 03/15/2011 1:20 pm Thanks for the help guys, But just my curiosity, how can you decide if its fake, Like what are the hints to look for. I am a total newbie at the coins Report this Post to the Staff
odentheviking Valued Member United States 425 Posts	Posted 03/16/2011 7:44 pm Well, really this is a replica of a Spanish Colonial 8 Escudos and should be close to one Oz. of GOLD! So that is why we can look at it and say "Fake!" Also, these copies dated 1736 have been said to be from the gift shop at Disneyland when the first "Pirates of the Carabean" ride was opened. These "Pirate Gold" copies were also very popular with gift shops of the Fla. to North Caralina coast. Here is a site that might give you some more examples. http://www.moneymuseum.com/moneymus...d=30&cid=157 Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 03/19/2011 01:37 am Quote: But just my curiosity, how can you decide if its fake, Like what are the hints to look for. Two things stood out for me: 1. An exact match for shape, size and design to a previously sighted fake - the one I linked to, among other examples seen here on the forum. That sort of thing can only come with experience. 2. The shape of the castles inside the quarters of the cross in the top pic. They look like letter Ws, and entirely unlike the castles they resemble on genuine coins like the one on the site linked to by oden above. 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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