Libertad The date and mint mark did not really matter to the forgers. In this case - they got the design totally wrong. The French Dies were still in use in 1839 so anyone familiar with 8Rs from Durango would have known instantly.
But these fakes were meant to be used in the US - NOT MEXICO.
It got evem worse with the forgeries made for China - the dates were 100 years off and sometimes the legends made so sense.
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