I have this old coin; no idea about it really... Can anyone shed some light? If it's something, maybe how much it's worth? Thanks
Hi coinnewb, I am not fully sure from the pictures but I think I may have found it. Take a look at the pictures i have provided and let me know. Also i will need to know the coins dimensions. Regards, Stan
Wow that's so close... but there are a bit of oddities. :| So.. that's amazing though! anyway the coins measurements, I have a ruler, more then 2.7cm but less then 3cm.. The only thing is: on the right side of the picture Your picture has an A, while mine has a V. Underneath that is a 2, while mine is a 1. Then the middle characther is a V while on mine is a 4. The P and the 7 are correct though! Theres also tons more oddities which I can't really explain but I hopefully this should be enough before I go have to scan it via a pc
It clearly appears Spanish Colonial, but the pictures are so blurry that it's impossible to tell even if it's an obvious fake.
heres high quality http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7301/img0091j.jpg http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7294/img0092pk.jpg
I see the one date, 1730... but where do you see the other one? Heh, and what kind of coin is it supposed to be anyway?
It's supposed to be a Spanish colonial 8 escudos, which is gold not silver, struck at the Lima Peru mint. The second date is the 741, which is where the date is supposed to be to begin with. Only the silver coins, the reales, used the double dates (one on the edge and one in the center) like this coin shows - but the dates matched, they were never different.
