Spanish-Philippine Coins

Wow! been a long time since I've been there. Maybe I'll also drop by the museum anytime soon. It's a bit funny that I've never noticed the coins in there before but now that I'm collecting coins I'm excited in finding out the coin collection in the museum.

Pandesalapi do you think all the coins I posted are real? Isn't the Zacateca a bit light? and why are the sides not even?

Hope Swamperbob takes a look. I'm interested in what he has to say.

Thanks for the insight Pandesalapi!
Here's some more pics of the CS as requested. A bit angled used a normal camera since someone used the better one.







What do you think?

hmm cs are ok but we still have to wait for Swamperbob's opinion on the host coins.
There are a lot of coin groups here but I have not joined any at the moment. I was about to join a prestigious coin group years before but I was alarmed on some of the officers characters. Double set of officers etc... Thus I stayed neutral on some clashing opinions. What matters most is that I enjoy their company no matter what group there are in. After all its the hobby that we should always be concentrated in.

Beriner1 The 1834 Mexican coin looks real. The 1834 Zs coin is a crude strike and planchets were poorly made. The chip in the lower left corner of the cap is common on that year. The edge design and overlaps look good as well. But as for the counterstamp, I am not sure at all. The stamp is weaker than I am used to seeing. It could be real.

The 1759 Columnario does not look correct to me. The coin is edged POST "strike" and 1759 is very late in time. I would expect most 1759 coins should have been struck AFTER edging. I also think I can see some surface lumps near the D and V of the King's name. Finally the toning and wear look artificial. The edge design is close to correct but some segments appear to be slightly different lengths. I suspect it is a cast forgery but not too recent. The design appears to be a transfer impression that was then recut to strengthen the impression. The edging was done after the coin was cast to obscure the edge casting seam. I own several similar types. The SG usually discloses silver of the wrong alloy. Sometimes high most often low.

The Chilean coin is a type I do not collect. I am concerned with the color and texture of that coin because it resembles many of the counterfeit coins from China. The edge design is "peculiar" but since I do not know what it should look like I am unable to form an opinion about it. The C/S is quite heavy and to my eye does not look original. It may be real but I would check it against a good reference like discussed above.