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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-09-2008, 11:09 PM   #1 (permalink) jaceravone Member     Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 3,657 My Mood: Help determining authenticity Purchased this Mexican 8 reale this weekend at my local monthy coin auction. The dealer assured me that it was genuine but are there any markers that anyone can see that can verify this? I was thinking about sending it in to a TPG to have it authenticated. Thoughts and comments please. Attached Images    __________________ “Punishment is the way in which society expresses its denunciation of wrongdoing and, in order to maintain respect for law, it is essential that the punishment inflicted for grave crimes should adequately reflect the revulsion felt by the great majority of citizens for them.” Lord Justice Denning of the Court of Appeals in the United Kingdom   11-09-2008, 11:16 PM   #2 (permalink) rzage What Goes Around Comes A     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,557 My Mood: Joe I don't know squat about these you should PM Hobo , he's good with counterfeits . BTW nice piece of history . I think Doug would know too . rzage __________________ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread   11-09-2008, 11:35 PM   #3 (permalink) rzage What Goes Around Comes A     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,557 My Mood: You should of put this in worlds , or even US coin forum , it was our 1st dollar . rzage __________________ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser: Official Thread   11-10-2008, 12:58 AM   #4 (permalink) Hobo Numismatist In Training     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 5,027 My Mood: I see a few things that make me think it may be counterfeit, specifically raised lumps in several places. Obverse - on the rim below the dot between the date & CAROLUS, the field between the forehead and the D of DEI. Reverse - the field between the Crown & the M, the field between the dot and denticles at 8:00, around several letters of HISPAN. I can't say definitively the coin is counterfeit but I do not think it is genuine. Hope you didn't pay too much for it. __________________ No state shall emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts, coin money . . . - US Constitution, Article 1, Section 10 ANA LM-3799; OHNS LM-59; SUSCC R-4005. All coins stored in bank safe deposit box.   11-10-2008, 12:58 AM   #5 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 24,562 Yes there are some things that bother me. Get it weighed and report back. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   11-10-2008, 01:28 AM   #6 (permalink) green18 ANA# R3129541     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 7,319 My Mood: Oh Oh..... __________________ They also serve who only stand and wait....John Milton   11-10-2008, 04:50 PM   #7 (permalink) coleguy Coin Collector     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Posts: 2,413 My Mood: Nice coin! Whether or not it's genuine or not, I don't know. I see it's a Mexico City mintmark, and they were cranked out with little regard for quality most years, with rusty dies and substandard equipment. The only thing that bothers me is the denticles between 4 and 6 o'clock. They look kind of off for some reason. Guy~   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « TRIVIA: Punched Coins, | So SPeedy - what do you think of this Franklin? » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Determining Authenticity of Trade Dollar from eBay DMPL US Coins Forum 77 10-03-2008 07:57 PM Was this CC Morgan authentic? Vess1 Coin Chat 38 07-24-2008 12:44 AM Help determining if a coin has been dipped by its picture DJP7x0s US Coins Forum 28 01-06-2008 10:16 PM Determining Value National dealer What's it Worth 4 09-18-2005 03:48 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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