So I started collecting notes and bills and am now getting into coins... but I know, well, diddly squat about them. I have been looking at buying these, but I dont know if they are fake. I have been doing some research of my own, and I am almost thinking they are real. But I heard there are alot of fakes or tourist coins made of these. here are some pictures. could anyone give me any info. They look more like the real coin then most of the fakes I have come across.
If your interested in one or wanna use photos for some comparing, check out http://www.sedwickcoins.com/price_list.htm .
thank you for the link, can easily see the differences now, the links I had found were not much help.
Can't tell the size of the coin from the photos but it appears to be a 1792 Mexican escudos (gold) of either 1, 2, 4, or 8 escudos(can't see a number near the shield). There are a lot of replica "pirate coins" made of light-weight metal sold to tourists in Florida and the Caribbean that are of this type, but would normally be stamped "REPLICA" or "COPY" (unless a Chinese fake with no marks). Other than "feeling" the weight, you can measure weight on a digital scale. A real coin of this type is: 8 escudos - diameter approx 37 mm, weighs 27 grams. 4 escudos - diameter approx 34 mm, weighs 13.5 grams 2 escudos - diameter approx 27 mm, weighs 6.77 grams 1 escudos - diameter approx 20 mm, weighs 3.38 grams If it turns out to be real, congratulations (assuming you got it at a good price).
ahearn- its a 4 and is 34mm weight I do not have, now im starting to lean tords real again, after i was looking at other sites i was comparing them to 8's now that im looking at 4's everything I have looked at is matching up.
oh yeah they are fake 100% sure now found a website with a 4S on it finally all i could find was 2 and 8S http://www.coindatabase.com/coin_detail_pesetas.php?cdb=M240314
lol i cant stop posting because now I am starting to think this coin never even was real and they are all fake every single one I have looked at looks different ones considered real, and fake, I have looked at to that are said to be real one says on the back lower right hand side MF the other says FM.... im getting really confused
Don't be too quick to write off this coin. So far, nothing you or anyone has said is convincing enough proof. Odds are that it is a fake (1792 seems to be a common year on faked coins) but you should weight it for the final answer. If you don't have a digital scale, take it a jeweler or coin shop and ask them to weigh it for you.
