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Originally Posted by Eduard  I am not 100 % sure my coin is authentic, even if it came from Aureo.
I have seen fake 8 reales from Santiago, and they have another feel altogether. This one "feels" good to me, but I am not an expert by a long shot.... |
I don't propose to be an expert either. You have the advantage of having the coin in hand to get more direct impressions, so that credits the coin in that respect. I assume you have weighed the coin and its edge devices look real.
Just speaking about design features, since that is all I can really speak on from your photos. One point that bothers me is the weak 'A' crossbar on the 'M' of the mintmark. The catalog example looks much bolder. Does your coin exhibit pitting from surface corrosion? That might help explain.
The other factor that troubles me is the tilt of the 'U' in QUE. The example in the catalog appears in line with the other letters. Yours looks tilted to the right, like the following examples (the difference is slight and I could be seeing something that is not there):
Both of the above coins have been offered on ebay by notorious sellers of fakes, one in China, the other in Spain.
In conclusion I can only say that it would be good to have it looked at by someone like Rick Ponterio or San Sedwick. I don't want to condemn the coin entirely by design inconsistencies, I only want to point out my observations.
If it is indeed the 25B, that's a great find, R4 is less than 10 known.
