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Hello,
I hope nobody minds if a new subscriber adds an observation...
I have what I now am sure is one of the counterfeit 1772 8 Reales with the dots over the LM mint marks. I've noticed on mine, and the other coins that are considered not genuine, that they all do not have the dot between the HISPAN and ET, as the real Reales in your referenced pictures seem to possess.
On the other hand, the book Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World shows a 1772 two-dot with possibly (poor, hard to see pictures) no dot between HISPAN and ET either! Could there be a third variation here?
Regards
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